US stocks open lower as market weighs restarts

County workers fielded more than 500 calls for assistance on Wednesday while firefighters tackled possible storm-related explosions.

Wall Street stocks fell early Monday, pulling back somewhat from a rally that has been based on optimism over US states reopening their economies after coronavirus shutdowns.

About 10 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.8 percent at 24,130.09.

The broad-based S&P 500 shed 0.6 percent to 2,913.36, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.1 percent at 9,110.57.