NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened little changed on Thursday as hopes about European Central Bank action to tackle the bloc's crisis grew stale, giving way to angst after European and U.S. equity benchmarks hit multi-month highs.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 13.01 points, or 0.10 percent, to 13,162.63. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> dropped 1.75 points, or 0.12 percent, to 1,400.47. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> gained 0.89 points, or 0.03 percent, to 3,012.14.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak, editing by Dave Zimmerman)
