[U.S. Stock Market Opens with Broad Gains Across Major Indexes, Mixed Performance in Cryptocurrency-Related Stocks] BlockBeats News, March 17: At the opening of the U.S. stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.66%, the S&P 500 Index gained 0.42%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index increased 0.33%. Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose 3.2% as the company approved a $20 billion stock repurchase program and raised its dividend. Micron Technology (MU.O) climbed 2.5% as the company began mass production of HBM4 memory for NVIDIA. In cryptocurrency-related stocks, MSTR fell 0.28%; COIN rose 2.34%; CRCL dropped 0.88%; SBET increased 0.37%; and BMNR gained 0.24%.