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Wall St opens muted over fragile Mideast truce; inflation data parsed

By Thomson Reuters Apr 9, 2026 | 8:37 AM

April 9 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened ​muted on ‌Thursday after rallying in the previous session, as cracks ‌emerged ​in the ⁠fragile Middle ⁠East ceasefire, while investors parsed through an in-line inflation ​reading.

The Dow Jones Industrial ⁠Average fell ⁠69.3 points, ​or 0.14%, at ​the open to 47,840.63. ‌The S&P 500 fell 0.9 points, or ⁠0.01%, at the open to 6,783.69, while the ⁠Nasdaq ‌Composite rose ⁠11.4 points, ​or ‌0.05%, to 22,646.353 ​at ⁠the opening bell.

(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika ​Syamnath)