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Major indexes drift lower in early trading on Wall Street

| August 4, 2020 7:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street as investors keep a close eye on talks in Congress over the next installment of badly needed relief for people whose livelihoods and businesses were impacted by coronavirus lockdowns. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in the first few minutes of trading Tuesday. Technology stocks, which led a rally a day earlier, gave back the most ground in the early going. Ford rose after announcing a new CEO, and Hyatt Hotels sank after reporting that its latest results were even worse than analysts had been anticipating. Treasury yields fell.

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