US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens lower as bank worries linger

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March 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Friday as investors remained wary about a potential banking crisis even as the country's largest banks came to the rescue of troubled regional lender First Republic Bank. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29.23 points, or 0.09%, at the open to 32,217.32. The S&P 500 opened lower by 1.59 points, or 0.04%, at 3,958.69, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 20.93 points, or 0.18%, to 11,696.35 at the opening bell. (Reporting by Shristi Achar A in Bengaluru Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)

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