{"id":68943,"date":"2026-01-21T12:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/01\/21\/wall-street-seen-opening-slightly-lower\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:29:30","slug":"wall-street-seen-opening-slightly-lower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/01\/21\/wall-street-seen-opening-slightly-lower\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Seen Opening Slightly Lower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Lower index futures and worries about geopolitical tensions point to a weak opening for U.S. stocks Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n<p>The Dow futures were down 0.11 percent, the S&amp;P futures slid 0.12 percent, and the Nasdaq futures dropped by about 0.3 percent, after recording some gains earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Amid rising geopolitical tensions, investors rushed to pick up the safe-haven yellow metal. Gold futures rose to $4,866.40 an ounce, gaining more than 2 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Investors will be reacting to some corporate earnings updates and data on pending home sales and construction spending.<\/p>\n<p>In earnings news, The Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV) released reported that its fourth-quarter bottom line came in at $2.496 billion, or $11.06 per share, compared with $2.082 billion, or $8.96 per share, last year.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ) said that its fourth-quarter bottom line came in at $5.11 billion, or $2.10 per share, compared with $3.43 billion, or $1.41 per share, last year.<\/p>\n<p>The major averages closed sharply lower on Tuesday. The Dow slumped 870.74 points or 1.8 percent to 48,488.59, the Nasdaq plunged 561.07 points or 2.4 percent to 22,954.32 and the S&amp;P 500 tumbled 143.15 points or 2.1 percent to 6,796.86.<\/p>\n<p>The sell-off on Wall Street came amid renewed concerns about a trade war between the U.S. and Europe over President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to take control of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>In overseas trading, Asian stocks ended weak as risk aversion gripped financial <span class=\"landLinks\">markets<\/span> on the back of rising bond yields and U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s renewed push to acquire Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>The major European markets showed weakness with investors continuing to stay reluctant to pick up stocks due to trade war jitters. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Business News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Wall Street Seen Opening Slightly Lower<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-01-21 12:29:30<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lower index futures and worries about geopolitical tensions point to a weak opening for U.S. stocks Wednesday morning. 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