U.S. Stocks Close Lower This Morning, with All Three Major Indexes Down; SanDisk Rises Over 7%, Broadcom Falls Nearly 6%

BlockBeats News, August 15th. The U.S. stock market closed on Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially falling by 0.20%, the S&P 500 Index down by 0.17%, and the Nasdaq dropping by 0.28%.

The drone technology company Unusual Machines (UMAC.N) surged by 24.83%. Storage-related stocks continued their upward trend, with Sandisk (SNDK.O) rising by 7.39% and Micron Technology (MU.O) rising by 2.3%.

Semiconductor stocks experienced mixed movements, with AMD (AMD.O) up by 6.5%, Broadcom (AVGO.O) down by 5.94%, and Applied Materials (AMAT.O) down by 5.12%.