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New York • Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street after several companies released disappointing results or forecasts.
Verizon lost 3 percent in early trading Thursday after reporting weak revenue and subscriber growth. EBay slumped 10 percent after releasing weak forecasts.
At 7:35 a.m. Mountain time, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 36 points, or 0.2 percent, to 18,165.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 6 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,137. The Nasdaq composite declined 20 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,226.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.73 percent.