Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Dec 11 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Thursday as fresh worries over Oracle's hefty AI spending plans overshadow optimism over a less hawkish tone from the Federal Reserve.

At 09:30 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 97.04 points, or 0.21%, to 48,157.04, the S&P 500 lost 29.36 points, or 0.42%, to 6,857.45 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 171.04 points, or 0.71%, to 23,485.26.

(Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bangalore; Editing by Tasim Zahid)