U.S. stocks open slightly lower, extending Monday’s modest losses

U.S. stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday, extending modest losses booked Monday, as the S&P 500 continues to trade just under a level the index would need to reach to exit its bear market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.03%
was down 0.1% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500
SPX,
+0.24%
fell 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.36%
slipped 0.3%, according to FactSet data, at last check. The S&P 500 would exit its bear market by rising slightly above 4,292 as at that point it would be 20% above its 2022 low in October, according to Dow Jones Market Data.