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S&P 500, Dow snap two-day fall, Netflix keeps Nasdaq in check

FILE PHOTO: The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City
FILE PHOTO: The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as Netflix kicked off quarterly earnings for technology behemoths with a disappointing report, while concerns about a surge in global coronavirus cases hit demand for equities.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 13.0 points, or 0.04%, at the open to 33808.3. The S&P 500 fell 6.5 points, or 0.16%, at the open to 4128.42​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 40.5 points, or 0.29%, to 13745.772 at the opening bell.