Dec 23 (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes opened lower on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected economic data drove Treasury yields higher, weighing on heavyweight technology stocks.
At 09:30 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 62.81 points, or 0.13%, to 48,299.87. The S&P 500 lost 4.69 points, or 0.07%, to 6,873.80, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 21.13 points, or 0.09%, to 23,407.70.
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)