Stocks open lower as worries over weak China trade data loom
By Associated Press
Oct 13, 2015 8:44 AM CDT
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo, a Wall Street address is carved in the side of a building in New York. Global stock markets fell Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, as Chinese trade data showed a larger-than-expected slide in imports, deepening concerns about a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy....   (Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly lower, breaking a winning streak, as traders worried about weak Chinese trade figures.

Transportation company Ryder sank 7 percent Tuesday after the company cut its earnings forecast.

SABMiller jumped 10 percent in London after the beer maker agreed to a sweetened takeover offer from Anheuser Busch InBev, which makes Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 71 points, or 0.4 percent, to 17,060.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell seven points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,009. The Nasdaq composite gave up 20 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,818.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.06 percent.

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