Wall Street Opens Lower Ahead of Fed Minutes, Apple Falls

A street sign on Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange, on Sept. 18, 2007. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday, as Apple shares fell, while investors awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s November meeting for a clearer picture of its monetary tightening policy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 6.5 points, or 0.02 percent, at the open to 34091.57. The S&P 500 fell 3.3 points, or 0.08 percent, at the open to 4000.3​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.2 points to 11174.612 at the opening bell.