Wall Street opens lower as high-stakes Iran, inflation tests loom

Aug 24 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened ​lower on ‌Monday as investors weighed the U.S. pledge of an “economic ‌D-Day” ​against ⁠Iran while ⁠awaiting AI giant Nvidia’s quarterly results and a closely ​watched inflation report later ⁠this ⁠week.

The Dow Jones ​Industrial Average fell ​15.1 points, or ‌0.03%, to 53,261.95 at the open. The ⁠S&P 500 fell 11.0 points, or 0.14%, ⁠to ‌7,663.38, while ⁠the Nasdaq ​Composite ‌dropped 115.1 points, ​or 0.44%, ⁠to 26,065.32.

(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi ​Majumdar)