[U.S. Stock Market Opening: Major Indexes Open Lower] The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower collectively. The S&P 500 fell 0.42%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.24%, and the Nasdaq declined 0.67%. In large-cap tech stocks, Meta rose 7.08%, Microsoft gained 1.89%, Apple increased 1.21%, Nvidia fell 2.38%, and AMD dropped 4.46%. Among Chinese concept stocks, XPeng rose 2.11%, while NIO fell 2.47%.