BOSTON -- The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund was down nearly 1% at Wednesday's open as investors digested quarterly earnings from several U.S. banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. . Shares of Goldman Sachs, Northern Trust Corp. , State Street Corp. and U.S. Bancorp were all down at least 2% after the firms' earnings reports.

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