(Reuters) – U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday, alongside other risk assets, as Ukraine andRussia prepared for war after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbor.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 106.22 points, or 0.65 percent, to 16,215.49, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 13 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,846.45 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 50.86 points, or 1.18 percent, to 4,257.259.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
