The stock market opened lower early Wednesday, and the Nasdaq lagged, weighed down by weak earnings from Apple (AAPL) late Tuesday. The Nasdaq lost 0.5%, the Dow Jones industrial average

eased 0.1% and the S&P 500 fell less than 0.1%. The stock market today opens with the Nasdaq struggling against an undertow caused by Nasdaq 100 bellwether Apple, which dropped more…