TechFlame News: According to Gate market data, as U.S. stocks opened, the Dow rose 0.14%, the S&P 500 hovered near flat, and the Nasdaq fell 0.3%. The storage sector came under pressure, with SanDisk (SNDK.O) down 13%, Western Digital (WDC.O) down 19%, and SK Hynix (SKHY.O) down 7.8%. Mobile advertising platform giant AppLovin (APP.O) dropped 17.8% after second-quarter revenue fell short of expectations.