US Stocks Open Lower; Dow Down 1.04%, Nasdaq Off 0.6%

US stocks opened lower on July 8, 2026, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.04%, the Nasdaq Composite down 0.6%, and the S&P 500 down 0.4%, according to Jiemian News. Storage-related shares fell, with SanDisk down more than 1%, Micron Technology down more than 3%, and Western Digital down more than 1%, while Kingsoft Cloud rose more than 11% and Alibaba gained more than 9%.