NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging modestly lower in early trading as investors look over the latest deal and earnings news. Sliding oil prices pulled stocks in energy companies lower.
KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 97 points, or 0.6 percent, to 17,444 as of 10:02 a.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index declined eight points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,092, and the Nasdaq composite lost 29 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,111.
CREAMED: Keurig Green Mountain plunged 27 percent, the biggest drop in the S&P 500, after reporting falling sales of its packaged coffee and brewing products.