US stock indices opened sharply lower on Friday, with travel, banks and commodity-linked stocks bearing the brunt of a sell-off triggered by the discovery of a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 437.69 points, or 1.22%, to open at 35,366.69.
The S&P 500 lost 36.83 points, or 0.78%, to 4,664.63, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 180.85 points, or 1.14%, to 15,664.38.
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