About 35 minutes after the open, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3 per cent to 27,822.74. — Reuters pic
About 35 minutes after the open, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3 per cent to 27,822.74. After a buoyant August, stocks have been under pressure for most of September given doubts about whether lofty valuations are justified. Tech stocks in particular have had rough trading sessions in recently after the Nasdaq posted multiple records last month.