Dec ⁠16 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s ⁠main indexes slipped at ⁠the open on Tuesday ​after data broadly signaled ‍a cooling U.S. economy, paving the way for ​more monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve next ​year.

The Dow Jones Industrial ⁠Average fell 36.4 ‌points, or 0.08%, to 48,380.17 ⁠at the ​open. The S&P 500 ‌fell 16.4 points, or 0.24%, to ‍6,800.12​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 75.6 points, or 0.33%, to 22,981.819.

(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; ⁠Editing by ‌Shilpi ⁠Majumdar)