At the open, US stocks were mixed: Dow -0.1%, S&P 500 +0.07%, Nasdaq +0.1%.
Techs diverged: Intel (INTC.O) -2.8%; TSMC (TSM.N) +1.1% after reports it is in
talks with Elon Musk's Terafab on potential cooperation; NVIDIA (NVDA.O) +0.6%.
Vaxcyte jumped 53% after its pneumococcal vaccine met a late-stage clinical
trial endpoint.