Wall St slips at open as US-Iran tensions unsettle investors

May 4, 2026 9:34 AM EDT

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 1, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

May ‌4 (Reuters) - Wall ​Street's ​main indexes slipped after ‌market open on Monday ⁠as heightened investor ‌anxiety over the ‌Middle East conflict tempered the optimism ​from last week's earnings.

The Dow ⁠Jones Industrial Average fell ​82.6 points, or 0.17%, at the open ​to 49,416.66. ‌The S&P 500 fell 1.7 ⁠points, or 0.02%, at the ⁠open to 7,228.38, while the ​Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.3 points, or 0.01%, ‌to 25,112.18.

(Reporting by Niket Nishant and ‌Utkarsh Hathi ⁠in ‌Bengaluru; Editing ​by Arun Koyyur and Pooja ‌Desai)



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