Sentence examples for a weak opening from inspiring English sources

But it was a weak opening - $17.1m £10.2mm) - when compared with McFarlane's Ted, which opened with $54.4m in 2012.

Having opened higher, European stocks tumbled in late trading and continued their recent slide after a weak opening on Wall Street.

Takeover speculation and record oil prices helped the London market end the week on a five-month high, despite a weak opening from Wall Street.

Takeover speculation and record oil prices helped the London market end the week on a five-month high yesterday, shrugging off a weak opening from Wall Street.

But indications of a weak opening for the Dow Jones weighed on share prices here, and the benchmark spent most of the day languishing about 60 points lower.

Roddick, however, did not, playing a weak opening tie breaker and putting 63 percent of his first serves in play over all on a day when a higher percentage was probably required.

Stocks in Asia closed higher yesterday after the Feds rate cut, but European shares have slipped in midsession from earlier highs amid expectations of a weaker opening on Wall Street.

Around 30 minutes before the opening bell, S&P futures trading at the Globex system are off by some 4.50 points to 1158.00, a slight improvement from earlier in the session but nonetheless an indication of a weaker opening when trading gets underway at 9 30AM EST.

Offbeat science-fiction action movie Chappie came in at No 1 with a relatively weak opening of $13.3m £8.8mm) on a disappointing weekend at the North American box office.

The understandable rust which he exhibited on his return - first in small tournaments in New York City and then on a wider stage - has long since departed: but the legacy of his long lay-off remains in a relatively weak opening repertoire, as compared to other supergrandmasters and I had expected Carlsen to defeat him and make Shirov the favourite for the same reason.

"I think the damage from yesterday is mostly over with," says Arthur Hogan, chief strategist at Jefferies & Co. "The market took a bit of a breather yesterday but I expect the market to rise today although a warning from Novell might result in an initial weak opening".