U.S. stocks opened lower Wednesday amid rising yields as investors assessed fresh data on the housing market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.4% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500 fell 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.8%, according to FactSet data, at last check. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that construction on new U.S. homes fell a seasonally adjusted 8.1% in September while building permits for new homes rose 1.4%. Meanwhile, the yield on the...
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