India, Aug. 17 -- US stocks opened mixed on Monday as investors watched technology stocks, Treasury yields, oil prices and the Federal Reserve's next move.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% at the open, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.1%. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.1%, helped by gains in technology stocks, according to Yahoo Finance.

The S&P 500 had gained for three straight weeks before Monday's session, while the Nasdaq came off a relatively quiet week on Wall Street.

Investors are now focused on the Federal Reserve and whether it could change interest rates in September. Traders have cut the odds of a September rate hike to below one-third ahead of the Fed's Jackson Hole meeting, as recent inflation and jobs data have given mi...