NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks opened lower on Monday as investors focused on the meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Greece and negotiations over the U.S. “fiscal cliff” after last week’s rally.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI dropped 56.59 points, or 0.43 percent, to 12,953.09. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index .SPX lost 5.59 points, or 0.40 percent, to 1,403.56. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC fell 6.46 points, or 0.22 percent, to 2,960.39.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Kenneth Barry)