Wall Street opens lower on soft global data

US stocks fell at the open on Monday as manufacturing growth across Asia and Europe eased in November, while retailers could be pressured as Thanksgiving weekend in-store sales failed to impress.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 44.31 points, or 0.25 percent, to 17,783.93, the S&P 500 lost 5.4 points, or 0.26 percent, to 2,062.16 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 14.15 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,777.48.