[U.S. Stock Market Opens, Circle Drops About 5% to Around $69] The U.S. stock market opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.28%, the S&P 500 Index down 0.06%, and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.39%. Alphabet, Google's parent company, rose 2% following reports that Google is in discussions with Meta regarding a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply custom AI chips to Meta's data centers starting in 2027. Nvidia (NVDA.O) fell 4%. Alibaba (BABA.N) rose 2%. Among blockchain-related stocks, Circle (CRCL) dropped about 5%, falling to $69, close to its opening price on its first trading day.