The U.S. stock market opened with the Dow Jones up 0.66%, the S&P 500 up 0.42%, and the Nasdaq up 0.33%. Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose 3.2% as the company approved a $20 billion stock repurchase plan and increased its dividend. Micron Technology (MU.O) gained 2.5% as the company began mass production of HBM4 memory for Nvidia. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index rose 0.25%.