U.S. stocks opened with broad losses Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping more than 200 points as rising bond yields contributed to a global equity selloff. The Dow was off 209 points, or 0.8%, while stocks overall saw additional pressure from a selloff by health care shares. The sector came under pressure after Amazon.com Inc. , Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced they were teaming up to find ways to cut health-care costs. Dow component United Health Group dropped 5.6%, while Express Scripts dropped more than 9% to lead S&P 500 decliners. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% to 2,834, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.8% to 7,403.
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