March 19 (Reuters) - Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday as crude prices soared on intensifying Middle East hostilities, reviving inflation worries that have prompted the Federal Reserve to take a more cautious stance on interest rate cuts.
The rate-sensitive small-caps Russell 2000 index (.RUT) dropped 10% from its all-time intraday high.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 90.3 points, or 0.20%, at the open to 46,134.87. The S&amp;P 500 (.SPX) fell 41.6 points, or 0.63%, at the open to 6,583.12​, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) dropped 281.4 points, or 1.27%, to 21,871.037 at the opening bell.

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- Wall Street's main indexes opened lower due to soaring crude prices and escalating Middle East tensions, which reignited inflation concerns.  
- The Russell 2000 index dropped 10% from its all-time intraday high, indicating volatility in rate-sensitive stocks.  
- At the open, the Dow fell 90.3 points, the S&P 500 decreased by 41.6 points, and the Nasdaq Composite declined by 281.4 points.

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