Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on the final trading day of a roller-coaster year marked by aggressive interest-rate hikes to curb inflation, the Russia-Ukraine war and recession fears.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 99.19 points, or 0.30%, at the open to 33,121.61.
The S&P 500 (.SPX) opened lower by 20.22 points, or 0.53%, at 3,829.06, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) dropped 109.72 points, or 1.05%, to 10,368.37 at the opening bell.