US stocks open lower. Nasdaq hit the hardest.

The major US stock indices are opening lower with the Nasdaq index trading down near 1% on the day.

A snapshot of the market 5 minutes into the open :

• Dow industrial average -200.03 points or 0.45% at 43125.77
• S&P -43.20 points or -0.72% at 5994.39
• Nasdaq -200.68 points or -1.00% at 19819.68
• Russell 2000 -14.32 points or -0.63% at 2265.86

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.