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U.S. stocks open lower on drop in oil, copper prices

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Last Updated : Sep 22 2015 | 7:22 PM IST

REUTERS - U.S. stocks opened lower on Tuesday, weighed down by a fall in copper and oil prices due to concerns about the outlook for the Chinese economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 119.52 points, or 0.72 percent, to 16,390.67, the S&P 500 lost 16.06 points, or 0.82 percent, to 1,950.91 and the Nasdaq composite dropped 64.20 points, or 1.33 percent, to 4,764.75.

(Reporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)

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First Published: Sep 22 2015 | 7:06 PM IST

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