U.S. Stock Market Opens Lower, NVIDIA Down 1%, Circle Up Over 2%

BlockBeats News, May 21st, according to Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower. The Dow fell by 0.27%, the S&P 500 Index dropped by 0.39%, and the Nasdaq fell by 0.5%. Microsoft rose by 1.1% amid news that Anthropic is in talks with the company to use its artificial intelligence chip.

This morning, Nvidia, which announced its Q1 earnings report after the market closed, fell by 1%. On the other hand, cryptocurrency-related stock Circle outperformed, surging over 2%.

On the other hand, boosted by news of U.S. government financial support, the U.S. stock quantum computing sector saw significant gains. D-Wave Quantum rose by 16%, Rigetti Computing rose by 14%, Infleqtion stock rose by 25%, quantum computing stocks rose by 9%, and Ionq rose by 3.1%.