U.S. storage sector opened significantly lower, with Western Digital dropping over 7%.

BlockBeats news, October 13th, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, at the U.S. stock market open, the Dow rose 0.47%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.14%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.38%.

The storage sector opened significantly lower, with Western Digital (WDC.O) and Seagate Technology (STX.O) plunging over 7%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) and Micron Technology (MU.O) dropping over 5%, and SanDisk (SNDK.O) falling 4.6%.