US stocks open lower as Trump says China violated tariff terms
Wall Street
's main indexes opened lower on Friday as trade worries deepened after U.S. President Donald Trump accused China of violating a tariff agreement, while investors assessed the latest inflation data.
The
Dow Jones
Industrial Average fell 23.4 points, or 0.06%, at the open to 42,192.35. The S&P 500 fell 8.5 points, or 0.14%, at the open to 5,903.67, while the
Nasdaq Composite
dropped 44.7 points, or 0.23%, to 19,131.219 at the opening bell.
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