The three major U.S. stock indexes in New York opened lower on the 21st. The Dow briefly turned higher but reverted to losses.
On the New York Stock Exchange that day, the Nasdaq composite opened down 126.7 points, or 0.48%, at 26,143.616. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25.5 points, or 0.05%, to 49,983.8 from the previous day, and the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 lost 22.2 points, or 0.30%, to 7,410.78.
The Dow briefly rebounded above the 50,000 level early on, but then turned lower again.
The market was seen as affected by waning expectations for progress in U.S.-Iran talks. Reuters, citing sources, reported that Iran's supreme leader ordered enriched uranium to be stored domestically.
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