us stocks opened slighly lower tueday on track to book february declines that have cut into an early 2023 rally investors in february recalibrated expectations for interest rates moving in line with federal reserve expectations for a peak fedfunds rate above 5 while largely pricing out previous expectations for rate cuts by the end of the year after a run of hot jobs and inflation data the dow jones industrial average djia was down 62 points or 02 shortly after the opening bell while the sp 500 spx fell 02 and the nasdaq composite comp edged down 01 the dow was on track for a monthly decline of 38 while the sp 500 was off 25 and the nasdaq down 11 the dow is down slightly for the year while the sp 500 remains up 35 and the nasdaq has gained 101 for the year to date