Markets Right Now: US stock indexes open lower
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):
9:35 a.m.
Technology companies were leading stocks broadly lower in early trading, extending the market's slide into a second day.
Google's parent company Alphabet slumped 4.6 percent Friday after reporting results that missed analysts' forecasts.
Exxon Mobile sank 5 percent and Chevron lost 1.8 percent. Both also reported results that fell short of forecasts.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index gave up 19 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,802.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 252 points, or 1 percent, to 25,937. The Nasdaq composite fell 37 points, or 0.5 percent, to 7,346.
Bond prices fell after the government reported more job gains last month.