US Markets Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq Open Lower

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US stocks opened lower on Monday in the last trading day of a month and a quarter that is set to close in green.

The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat but down 23 points, to 42,289, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.2% to 18,079.

The S&P 500 also declined 0.2% to 5,726. Eight of the eleven sectoral indices were trading in red, with energy and financials seeing declines while consumer discretionary and telecommunications led advances.

Among major companies, shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Boeing Co. and Ford Motor Co. declined 2%, while Apply Inc. and ConocoPhillips gained as much.