Wall Street slips at open as investors assess key jobs data

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes slipped at the open on Tuesday (Dec 16) after data broadly signalled a cooling US economy, paving the way for more monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve next year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36.4 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 48,380.17 at the open.

The S&P 500 fell 16.4 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 6,800.12, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 75.6 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 22,981.819. REUTERS