US stock indices show mixed performance at open; Qualcomm rises over 5%

At the US market open on September 8, the Dow fell 0.7%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.08%. Qualcomm (QCOM) gained 5% following a multi-generational product partnership with Amazon (AMZN). Intel (INTC) rose 6% on reports of a 10% CPU price hike, while ASML (ASML) and TSMC (TSM) climbed 3.8% and 2.4% respectively after initiating a high-NA EUV mask partnership. Semiconductor and storage stocks generally trended upward, including SK Hynix (SKHY) up 5.15% and NVIDIA (NVDA) up 1.25%.