US stocks open lower. Dow and S&P down 5 days in a row. NASDAQ down for the 4th day

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A snapshot of the market currently shows

• Dow industrial average -500 points or -1.62% at 30270
• S&P index -59 points or -1.56% at 3742.60
• NASDAQ index -162 points or -1.45% at 11083
• Russell 2000-27.52 points or -1.6% at 1698.39

The price of J.P. Morgan stock is down almost 5% in early trading. Morgan Stanley stock is down -2.72% in early trading.

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