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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St. drops after Dell, Horton results

Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:38am EST

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street opened lower on Friday after worse-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton underscored that the road to recovery would not be smooth.

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The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 29.62 points, or 0.29 percent, at 10,302.82. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX fell 4.49 points, or 0.41 percent, at 1,090.41. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC dropped 13.32 points, or 0.62 percent, at 2,143.50.

(Reporting by Angela Moon; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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