us stocks opened lower thursday as investors digested fresh data showing that weekly unemployment claims slipped and wholesale inflation climbed more than expected in january the dow jones industrial average djia fell 08 soon after the opening bell while the sp 500 spx fell 11 and the nasdaq composite comp dropped 14 according to factset data at last check initial jobless claims slipped to 194000 in the week ending feb 11 according to a department of labor report wednesday that’s above the 200000 in new claims forecast by economists polled by the wall street journal with the department of labor report signaling a still strong us labor market meanwhile us wholesale prices jumped 07 in january more than expected while the yearoveryear increase slowed to 6 the federal reserve has been raising interest rates to fight high inflation