Stocks mixed at market openDow lower, other indexes flat as markets emerge from holiday break.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks were mixed at Thursday's open, as investors emerged ambivalent from a day and a-half holiday. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq composite index rose less than a point. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down a point. Among stocks in the news at the open: Blackstone (Charts), Hilton Hotels (Charts, Fortune 500), Research in Motion (Charts), Coca-Cola (Charts, Fortune 500), Huntsman (Charts, Fortune 500) and Jones Apparel (Charts, Fortune 500). |
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