US indexes open slightly lower, pulling Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 below records
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. World stock markets were lackluster Wednesday Nov. 19, 2014 as investors digested a fall in Chinese home prices and Japan's scramble to overcome its economic malaise. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (The Associated Press)
U.S. stock indexes are edging lower in early trading a day after closing at record highs.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell four points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,047 as of 9:35 a.m. Wednesday.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost 28 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17,658. The Nasdaq composite fell 16 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,686.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Later Wednesday, investors will look over minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's last policy meeting.
The price of crude oil fell 13 cents to $74.51 a barrel in New York.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.35 percent.