Tech searches for gains as stocks teeter at the open: AlphaCheck

Tech searches for gains as stocks teeter at the open: AlphaCheck

Grace O'Donnell · Editor, Special Projects

Mon, August 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM GMT+3 1 min read

Good morning. Stocks diverged at the open, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) and S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipping, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) wavered.

Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data.

Technology (XLK) was one of the few sectors in the green at the start of trading, as a large revenue haul by AI startup Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) helped bolster semiconductor stocks. However, tech's hold on the morning's gains looked fragile, with five of the "Magnificent Seven" stocks trading in the red.

The other sectors were solidly red, with Consumer Discretionary (XLY), Communication Services (XLC), and Basic Materials (XLB) among the biggest laggards.

Here are some notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning: Micron (MU), Sandisk (SNDK), Intel (INTC), SK Hynix (SKHY), Meta (META), Bloom Energy (BE), Seagate Technology (STX).

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