Dow opens lower as blue-chip gauge heads for worst week since March 2023

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Dow opens lower as blue-chip gauge heads for worst week since March 2023

U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average headed for its worst weekly showing since March 2023.

The blue-chip gauge was off 3.5% since the start of the week shortly after the open, according to FactSet data.

Here is where major U.S. stock-market gauges were trading recently:

The Dow was off by 40 points, or 0.1%, at 42,299.

The S&P 500 was off by 20 points, or 0.4%, at 5,847.

The Nasdaq Composite shed 182 points, or 1%, at 19,193