Wall St. opens lower on global growth concerns

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday, with the Dow and S&P 500 edging lower from record closing highs as soft data in China and Japan kindled global growth concerns.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 56.51 points, or 0.31 percent, to 17,902.28, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 6.16 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,069.21 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 15.84 points, or 0.33 percent, to 4,764.92.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Bernadette Baum)