Wall St Drops 1% As Ukraine Worries Eclipse Strong Jobs Data

Wall St Drops 1% As Ukraine Worries Eclipse Strong Jobs Data

(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday as concerns over the intensifying conflict in Ukraine overshadowed data that showed an acceleration in jobs growth last month.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 139.23 points, or 0.41%, at the open to 33,655.43. The S&P 500 opened lower by 21.37 points, or 0.49%, at 4,342.12, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 82.71 points, or 0.61%, to 13,455.23 at the opening bell.

(Reporting by Devik Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)