(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened modestly lower on Friday as crude oil prices continued to fall, putting the S&P 500 on track for its third straight weekly decline.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 36.64 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17,858.58, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 3.36 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,062.59 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 6.17 points, or 0.13 percent, to 4,887.12.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
