U.S. Stocks Open: Nasdaq Up 0.2%, Storage Sector Leads Gains, SanDisk Surges Over 5%

BlockBeats News, August 17th, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.3%, the S&P 500 Index was nearly flat, and the Nasdaq rose by 0.2%.

The US stock storage sector saw a general increase, with Seagate Technology (STX) up by 1.19%; Western Digital (WDC) up by 2.4%; SanDisk (SNDK) up by 5.4%; Micron Technology (MU) up by 4.3%; and SK Hynix ADR up by 3.8%.