Wall st opens lower as soaring crude prices fan inflation worries

March 9 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened ​lower on ‌Monday, as soaring oil prices heightened inflation ‌worries, ​with the ⁠Middle East ⁠conflict entering its tenth day.

The Dow Jones Industrial ​Average fell 130.3 points, ⁠or ⁠0.27%, at ​the open to ​47,371.28. The S&P 500 ‌fell 40.2 points, or 0.60%, at ⁠the open to 6,699.8, while the ⁠Nasdaq ‌Composite dropped ⁠203.6 points, ​or ‌0.91%, to 22,184.047 ​at ⁠the opening bell.

(Reporting by Utkarsh Tushar Hathi; Editing by Shinjini ​Ganguli)