U.S. stocks market opens mostly lower Monday with Russia-Ukraine war in focus

U.S. benchmarks opened mostly lower Monday morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 down modestly, as the stock market remained focused on developments surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war. The Dow DJIA, +0.27% dipped about 0.2% and the S&P 500 SPX, +0.71% slipped 0.1%, while technology-laden Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.31% rose less than 0.1% at the open, according to FactSet data. U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday that Putin cannot remain in power, but the White House has walked back the remark, insisting regime change in Russia is not U.S. policy.