[Nasdaq Opens 1.3% Lower, Storage and Optical Communication Sectors Decline] Golden Finance reports that on October 15, the three major U.S. stock indices opened mixed. The Nasdaq fell 1.29%, the Dow Jones rose 0.45%, and the S&P 500 dropped 0.48%. The storage and optical communication sectors declined, with SK Hynix down over 6%, SanDisk down over 5%, Western Digital down over 5%, Micron Technology down over 4%, Corning down over 4%, and Marvell Technology down over 5%.