The U.S. stock market opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.28%, the S&P 500 Index down 0.06%, and the Nasdaq down 0.39%. Alphabet, Google's parent company, rose 2% following reports that Google is negotiating a multi-billion-dollar deal with Meta to supply custom AI chips to Meta's data centers starting in 2027. Nvidia (NVDA.O) fell 4%. Alibaba (BABA.N) rose 2%.