NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks fell early Thursday as doubts about higher US interest rates and trade tensions again kept a lid on share purchases.
About 20 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.5 percent to 25,574.81.
The broad-based S&P 500 also shed 0.5 percent to 2,794.62, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index slid 0.6 percent to 7,593.67.
The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond rose to 3.21 percent a day after Federal Reserve meeting minutes signaled the US central bank expected to continue its pace of gradual interest rate hikes.
Worries that higher US interest rates will slow the American economy were a factor in a brutal two-day stock market rout last week. US stocks engineered a big rally on Tuesday, but fell Wednesday and appeared to be heading to more losses on Thursday.
Analysts are also eyeing the tense state of US-China trade relations, as well as signs of deterioration in negotiations between the US and European Union on a trade agreement.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters in Brussels that Trump’s “patience was not unlimited” after his EU counterpart accused Washington a lukewarm attitude to the trade talks.
But EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem on Wednesday said the US “has not shown any big interest” in pursuing the trade deal and “the ball is in their court.”
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