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Wall St opens lower as financials weigh

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(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday as investors booked profits on financial stocks, which led a record-setting few days on Wall Street, while awaiting clarity on economic policy and ahead of a long weekend.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 60.49 points, or 0.29 percent, at 20,559.28, the S&P 500 was down 6.02 points, or 0.256474 percent, at 2,341.2 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 7.51 points, or 0.13 percent, at 5,807.39.

(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)

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First Published: Feb 17 2017 | 8:03 PM IST

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