U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.14%, the S&P 500 near flat, and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.3%. The storage sector was under pressure, with SanDisk (SNDK.O) down 13%, Western Digital (WDC.O) down 19%, and SK Hynix (SKHY.

2026-08-06

U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.14%, the S&P 500 near flat, and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.3%. The storage sector was under pressure, with SanDisk (SNDK.O) down 13%, Western Digital (WDC.O) down 19%, and SK Hynix (SKHY.O) down 7.8%. Mobile advertising platform giant AppLovin (APP.O) fell 17.8% after second-quarter revenue missed expectations.