U.S. stocks opened lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.46%, the S&P 500 down 0.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite down 1.29%. The chip sector opened lower for the fourth consecutive day this week, with SK Hynix (SKHY.O) and SanDisk (SNDK.O) plunging 6%, Micron Technology (MU.O) down 3.9%, Western Digital (WDC.O) down over 5%, and Nvidia (NVDA.O) down over 3%.