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(Reuters) – Major US stock indexes opened about half a percent lower on Monday, starting the second half of 2018 on a dark note due to worries escalating tariff war between the United States and its trading partners.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> lost 109.88 points, or 0.45%, at the opening at 24,161.53. The S & P 500 <.SPX> fell by 13.42 points, or 0.49%, to 2,704.95. The Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 58.41 points, or 0.78%, to 7,451.90 at the opening bell
(Report by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru, edited by Arun Koyyur) [19659005] (function (d, s, id) {
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