April 6 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks opened little changed onThursday, as gains in energy shares were offset by declines infinancial companies.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 4.32points, or 0.02 percent, at 20,643.83, the S&P 500 wasdown 0.34 points, or 0.01 percent, at 2,352.61, and the NasdaqComposite was up 6.33 points, or 0.11 percent, at5,870.81.(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing bySavio D’Souza)