Markets Right Now: US stock indexes are off to a weak start
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
9:35 a.m.
Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street as the market extends its slump into a third day.
Banks and technology companies took some of the biggest losses in early trading Tuesday. State Street lost 1.1% and chipmaker Intel fell 1%.
Acacia Communications jumped 35% after the company agreed to be acquired by Cisco Systems.
The S&P 500 index fell 8 points, or 0.3%, to 2,967.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 100 points, or 0.4%, to 26,704. The Nasdaq fell 22 points, or 0.3%, to 8,075.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.06%.