US STOCKS-Wall St to open lower as strong retail sales dash early rate-cut hopes

Wall Street's main indexes were on track for a lower open on Wednesday, after data reflecting a higher-than-anticipated rise in U.S. retail sales in December tempered expectations of the Federal Reserve delivering early interest-rate cuts this year. showed December retail sales rose by 0.6% on a monthly basis, compared with the 0.4% increase economists polled by Reuters had expected.