U.S. stocks opened higher: Dow Jones Industrial Average +0.52%, S&P 500 +0.33%, Nasdaq Composite +0.30%. Alibaba (BABA.N) rose 3.5% after releasing its Qianwen 3.8-MAX AI model. SpaceX (SPCX.O) fell 3.0%. Storage names lagged: Micron Technology (MU.O) and SanDisk (SNDK.O) each declined 5.0%.

2026-08-03

U.S. stocks opened higher: Dow Jones Industrial Average +0.52%, S&P 500 +0.33%, Nasdaq Composite +0.30%. Alibaba (BABA.N) rose 3.5% after releasing its Qianwen 3.8-MAX AI model. SpaceX (SPCX.O) fell 3.0%. Storage names lagged: Micron Technology (MU.O) and SanDisk (SNDK.O) each declined 5.0%.