Sept 3 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

lower on Tuesday as investors moved to the sidelines ahead of a

slew of economic data reports due through the week that could

influence the extent of monetary policy easing by the Federal

Reserve this year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 73.41 points,

or 0.18%, at the open to 41,489.67. The S&P 500 opened

lower by 24.51 points, or 0.43%, at 5,623.89, while the Nasdaq

Composite dropped 128.17 points, or 0.72%, to 17,585.45

at the opening bell.

(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru)