NEW YORK (Archyde.com) – Wall Street’s main indexes fell at the open on Tuesday as fears of a war in Europe grew amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine and threats of sanctions, but energy stocks jumped as oil prices rose to their highest since 2014.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.31 percent to 33,974.09 points at the start of the trading session.
The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.37 percent to 4,332.74 points, while the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.91 percent to 13,424.36 points.
US stocks increased their losses in early trading, with the Nasdaq and Dow Jones down one percent.
