Wall Street Opens Lower as Weak Earnings Updates Dent Sentiment

Wall Street Opens Lower as Weak Earnings Updates Dent Sentiment
A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on Dec. 14, 2022. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
Reuters
1/25/2023
Updated:
1/25/2023

Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as downbeat quarterly updates from Microsoft and Boeing added to fears of a recession, with technology shares leading the declines.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 187.74 points, or 1.66 percent, to 11,146.53 at the opening bell.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 195.60 points, or 0.58 percent, at the open to 33,538.36, while the S&P 500 opened lower by 34.24 points, or 0.85 percent, at 3,982.71.