US stocks open lower as Iran stalemate lifts oil, yields

Aug ‌18 (Reuters) - Wall ​Street's ​main indexes opened ‌lower on Tuesday, as ⁠diminishing prospects for ‌a peace deal ‌between the U.S. and Iran kept ​oil prices elevated and ⁠government bond yields at multi-year ​peaks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell ​105.3 points, ‌or 0.20%, to 53,354.43 at ⁠the open. The S&P 500 ⁠fell 45.0 points, or ​0.58%, to 7,700.04, while the Nasdaq Composite ‌dropped 298.0 points, or 1.12%, ‌to 26,346.88.

(Reporting ⁠by Shashwat ‌Chauhan ​in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi ‌Majumdar)

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