NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened down on Thursday as indexes hovered at multi-year highs after both inflation and weekly claims for jobless benefits came in higher than expected.
U.S. core consumer prices rose at their quickest pace in more than a year in January as the Federal Reserve's monetary police comes into focus again as signs of inflation creep into the global economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 22.32 points, or 0.18 percent, at 12,265.85. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was down 3.57 points, or 0.27 percent, at 1,332.75. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 8.25 points, or 0.29 percent, at 2,817.31.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch)
