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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St dips at open, dragged by Lowe's, Target

Reuters - UK Focus

NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped slightly at the open on Wednesday following weak earnings forecasts from retailers Lowe's and Target (NYSE: TGT - news) , ahead of the release of minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 20.06 points or 0.12 percent, to 16,899.53, the S&P 500 lost 2.89 points or 0.15 percent, to 1,978.71 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 8.71 points or 0.19 percent, to 4,518.80. (Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Bernadette Baum)