U.S. stocks opened higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.52%, the S&P 500 up 0.33%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.3%. Alibaba (BABA.N) rose 3.5% after releasing its 3.8-MAX AI model. SpaceX (SPCX.O) fell 3%. Storage-related stocks declined, with Micron Technology (MU.O) down 5% and SanDisk (SNDK.O) down 5%.