U.S. stocks battle to narrowly higher open after worst session since 2021
Stocks were mostly higher but little changed overall after the opening bell Friday as investors monitored prospects of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and assessed the speed and scope of Federal Reserve rate hikes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.25% fell 40 points, or 0.1%, to 34,272, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.22% edged up 0.
1% to 4,385. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.45% was up 0.1% at 13,725. Stocks ended sharply lower Thursday, with the Dow dropping more than 600 points to suffer its biggest one-day loss of 2022, as the U.S. and its allies said Russia had added to troops near the border with Ukraine despite Moscow announcing a partial withdrawal earlier in the week.
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