NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped at the open on Monday as developments in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip look to dominate trading amid a thin economic calendar.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 61.84 points or 0.36 percent, to 17,038.34, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 5.84 points or 0.3 percent, to 1,972.38 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 12.64 points or 0.29 percent, to 4,419.51.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
