stocks opened lower friday with the techheavy nasdaq composite leading the way lower for major indexes the dow jones industrial average djia fell 209 points or 06 to 35689 while the sp 500 spx declined 06 to 463986 and the nasdaq comp dropped 07 to 1507042 the nasdaq on thursday suffered its biggest oneday fall since september in a move blamed by analysts on the federal reserves more aggressively hawkish outlook with the central bank on wednesday accelerating the winddown of its asset purchase program and penciling in three rate increases in 2022 tech and growthrelated stocks are seen as more ratesensitive though treasury yields have edged lower since the fed meeting