Wall Street opens lower ahead of Fed's meeting

US stock indices closed lower on Monday as markets await important corporate results and the Fed's policy meeting. 

A batch of corporate results will be released this week, on top of which Apple, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, and Twitter. 

Dow Jones fell 0.1%, or 40 points to 33,938, while S&P 500 shed 0.1%, or 40 points to 33,938, as NASDAQ gave up 1.7%, or 200 points to 11,421. 

What's awaited for this week? 

Now markets await important policy meetings by major central banks in the US, UK, and Europe this week.

All are expected to increase interest rates and extend their tightening policies to control stubbornly high prices.