NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street after the Japanese market took another plunge.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 18 points, or 0.1 percent, to 14,975 in the first few minutes of trading Thursday.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell a point, or 0.07 percent, to 1,611. The Nasdaq composite was down three points, 0.1 percent, to 3,397.

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