US stocks opened higher: Dow +0.3%, S&P 500 +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.7%. Qualcomm
(QCOM.O) rose 0.3% after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged investors to buy the
shares. Broadcom (AVGO.O) gained 1.1% on plans to partner with Blackstone and
Apollo to launch an AI compute platform. Philadelphia Semiconductor Index jumped
1.98%. Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index up 0.8%.