The Standard &Poor’s 500 Index dropped 0.3 percent to 1, 117.62 at 9:34 a.m. in New York after sliding 1.4 percent yesterday.

截止到纽约时间上午9点34分，标准普尔500指数继昨天下挫1.4%后，今天开盘下跌0.3%，至1117.62点。

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