WBRZ - Baton Rouge

Investors are hoping February will treat them better than January did.

Wall Street got off to a disappointing start in 2010 with the Dow down 3.4 percent for the month of January.

The Dow fell 0.5 Friday, closing at 10,067.33. The S&P 500 fell 1 percent to 1,073.87, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.5 percent, to 2,147.35.

Dow futures pointed to a higher opening on Monday.