Stocks ease as investors shrug off victory by Greek party feared to shake up eurozone
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The U.S. stock market is opening slightly lower as investors shrug off an election victory by a Greece party opposed to that country's bailout plan.
The main focus in markets was Sunday's victory by Syriza, a left-wing party that has vowed to end Greece's painful austerity policies.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index eased five points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,046 in early U.S. trading Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 64 points, 0.4 percent, to 17,608.
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In Europe, Germany's DAX was up 0.9 percent while the CAC-40 in France rose 0.4 percent. In Greece, the main stock market recouped some of its early losses to trade 3 percent lower.