April 23 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday, with investors hesitant to extend the recent equities rally in the absence of clear signals on the U.S.-Iran war, while a batch of mixed earnings further dented sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 205.2 points, or 0.41%, to 49,284.85 at the open. The S&P 500 fell 19.1 points, or 0.27%, to 7,118.8​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 103.8 points, or 0.42%, to 24,553.747.
(Reporting by Niket Nishant and Avinash P in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)

