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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Recovery worries hit Wall St at open

Mon Jul 6, 2009 9:37am EDT
 
 NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell at the open
on Monday as investors worried about the strength and timing of
an economic recovery, with a drop in oil and commodity prices
weighing down shares in those sectors.
 The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI dropped 66.28
points, or 0.80 percent, to 8,214.46. The Standard & Poor's 500
Index .SPX fell 7.45 points, or 0.83 percent, to 888.97. The
Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 15.11 points, or 0.84
percent, to 1,781.41.
 (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Padraic Cassidy)

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