US stocks posted a preliminary close lower on Friday: Dow Jones -0.20%, S&P 500 -0.17%, Nasdaq -0.28%. Drone-tech Unusual Machines (UMAC.N) jumped 24.83%. Storage names extended gains: SanDisk (SNDK.O) +7.39%, Micron Technology (MU.O) +2.3%. Semicond

2026-08-15

US stocks posted a preliminary close lower on Friday: Dow Jones -0.20%, S&P 500 -0.17%, Nasdaq -0.28%. Drone-tech Unusual Machines (UMAC.N) jumped 24.83%. Storage names extended gains: SanDisk (SNDK.O) +7.39%, Micron Technology (MU.O) +2.3%. Semiconductors were mixed: AMD (AMD.O) +6.5%, Broadcom (AVGO.O) -5.94%, Applied Materials (AMAT.O) -5.12%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index rose 0.6%.