
Wall Street today: US stocks fall after weak housing starts data
US stocks opened lower on Friday after weak housing starts data. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 34.2 points, or 0.08%, to 40528.86. The S&P 500 fell 12.7 points, or 0.23%, to 5530.5, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 78.1 points, or 0.44%, to 17516.404. Oil prices tumbled by more than $2…