Two of the three main Wall Street indices opened in the red on Thursday, with the broader index, S&P 500, down by 0.16% at 6,074.30 points and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipping 0.45% to 19,944.36 points.
The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat at 44,168.66 at the opening bell.
Stocks like NVIDIA Corp. were down 2%, Amazon.com Inc. fell 0.53%, and Apple Inc. dipped 0.21%. Among the companies that rose in early trade were Coca-Cola Co., up 1.30%, and Microsoft Corp. which jumped 0.89%.
Among the 11 S&P 500 sectoral indices, five were trading higher, whereas six lagged against the previous day's close. The gains were led by the Real Estate, Information Technology and Energy Sector whereas the Healthcare, Utilities and Consumer Staples sectors were among the drags.
“I remain a bull, and continue to envisage a solid rally into year-end, particularly with the majority of this year's scheduled event risk - barring next week's FOMC decision - now out of the way, clearing the path to further upside,” said Michael Brown, a senior research strategist at Pepperstone Group Ltd. to Bloomberg.
As the US market opened, spot gold was lower 1.04% at $2,689.84, and Brent crude oil was trading 0.53% lower at $73.13.
The Bloomberg Dollar Index fell 0.1%, with the British pound changing slightly to $1.2762 while the Japanese yen fell 0.1% to 152.61 per dollar.
Bitcoin, the largest traded cryptocurrency, dipped 0.9% to $100,729.03.
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