Wall Street opens lower on euzo zone, fiscal cliff

NEW YORK | Fri Nov 9, 2012 9:35am EST

(Reuters) - Stocks fell at the open on Friday, putting the S&P on track for a third straight decline and its worst weekly retreat in five months, as the euro zone crisis extended its reach and investors fretted over a looming U.S. "fiscal cliff."
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI dropped 64.66 points, or 0.50 percent, to 12,746.66. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX lost 4.11 points, or 0.30 percent, to 1,373.40. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC fell 5.42 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,890.16. (Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)