Dec 16 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes slipped at the open on Tuesday after data broadly signaled a cooling U.S. economy, paving the way for more monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve next year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36.4 points, or 0.08%, to 48,380.17 at the open. The S&P 500 fell 16.4 points, or 0.24%, to 6,800.12, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 75.6 points, or 0.33%, to 22,981.819.
(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)
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