March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street opened lower on Friday

as worries of sticky inflation impacting the timing of the first

interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve roiled rate-sensitive

stocks, ahead of the central bank's meeting next week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 96.01 points,

or 0.25%, at the open to 38,809.65.

The S&P 500 opened lower by 27.17 points, or 0.53%,

at 5,123.31, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 84.95

points, or 0.53%, to 16,043.58 at the opening bell.