April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes slumped 2% minutes
after the open on Wednesday as a record drop in retail sales and
dour first-quarter earnings reports lent weight to forecasts for
the biggest economic slump since the 1930s.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 349.04 points,
or 1.46%, at the open to 23,600.72. The S&P 500 .SPX opened
lower by 50.42 points, or 1.77%, at 2,795.64, while the Nasdaq
Composite .IXIC dropped 159.78 points, or 1.88%, to 8,355.96
at the opening bell.