Wall St opens lower as Middle East tensions lift oil prices to $100

March 12 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened ​lower on ‌Thursday as oil prices surged to nearly $100 a ‌barrel, ​fanning ⁠inflation worries and ⁠forcing traders to dial back expectations of U.S. ​interest rate cuts.

The ⁠Dow Jones ⁠Industrial Average ​fell 174.7 points, ​or 0.37%, at the ‌open to 47242.52. The S&P 500 ⁠fell 34.9 points, or 0.52%, to 6740.88, ⁠while ‌the Nasdaq ⁠Composite dropped ​189.5 ‌points, or 0.83%, ​to ⁠22526.585.

(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju ​Samuel)