Dow Jones share price: Wall Street opens lower as earnings gather pace; jobless claims fall

Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday following the latest batch of quarterly corporate earnings reports, while data showed the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week as expected.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.4 points, or 0.02 per cent, at the open to 34924.81. The S&P 500 fell 5.3 points, or 0.12 per cent, at the open to 4369.02, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 9.2 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 14635.781 at the opening bell.