NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday, weighed by energy shares, after the S&P 500 closed its best week in nearly two years and ahead of data on U.S. services sector growth and home sales.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 44.89 points, or 0.27 percent, to 16,760.52, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 5.75 points, or 0.29 percent, to 1,958.83 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 15.31 points, or 0.34 percent, to 4,468.40.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
