U.S. stocks opened little changed on Wednesday as investors held off from making big bets ahead of the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's July policy meeting.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 9.96 points, or 0.05 percent, at 18,542.06, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.43 points, or 0.02 percent, at 2,177.72 and the Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC was up 1.51 points, or 0.03 percent, at 5,228.62.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)