US stocks open busy data week little changed

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks opened little changed Monday as a heavy week of US economic reports and earnings kicked off with data showing a slight rise in consumer spending in June.Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 17,681.21, down 8.65 points (0.05 percent).The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.30 (0.01 percent) at 2,104.14, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 6.82 (0.13 percent) to 5,135.11.Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of US econ