New York, March 3, 2026 (AFP) - US stocks open sharply lower, joining global sell-off

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2026-03-03

Wall Street stocks tumbled early Tuesday, joining a global sell-off as markets worry about a long-running Middle East war boosting oil prices and inflation. About 20 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2.2 percent at 47,837.16. The broad-based S&P 500 shed 1.9 percent to 6,749.42, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index slid 2.0 percent to 22,300.67. US stocks also opened decisively lower on Monday but strengthened......

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