us stocks opened lower friday as investors await data on consumer sentiment and inflation expectations as well as remarks from federal reserve officials the dow jones industrial average djia dipped slightly soon after the opening bell before trading about flat while the sp 500 spx was down 02 and the nasdaq composite comp dropped 05 according to factset data at last check all three major benchmarks were on track for weekly losses later this morning the university of michigan will release its report on consumer sentiment and inflation expectations in the afternoon on friday fed gov christopher waller and philadelphia fed president patrick harker are scheduled to speak with waller expected at 1230 pm eastern time and harker at 400 pm