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Wall St slips at open as US-Iran tensions unsettle investors

By Thomson Reuters May 4, 2026 | 8:34 AM

May 4 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes slipped ​after market ‌open on Monday as heightened investor anxiety over the ‌Middle ​East ⁠conflict tempered ⁠the optimism from last week’s earnings.

The Dow Jones Industrial ​Average fell 82.6 points, ⁠or ⁠0.17%, at the ​open to 49,416.66. ​The S&P 500 ‌fell 1.7 points, or 0.02%, at the ⁠open to 7,228.38, while the Nasdaq Composite ⁠dropped ‌2.3 points, ⁠or 0.01%, ​to ‌25,112.18.

(Reporting by Niket ​Nishant and ⁠Utkarsh Hathi in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Pooja ​Desai)