U.S. Stocks Open Higher as Chip Shares Rebound

U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on July 20, 2026, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.30%, the S&P 500 up 0.56% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.83%, according to Jiemian News. Chip and memory shares recovered modestly, with Nvidia up 1.5%, TSMC up 1.85%, Broadcom up 2.25%, SK Hynix up 4.15%, Micron up 3.99%, AMD up 3.54%, ASML up 2.19%, Intel up 2.63%, Lam Research up 2.76%, Arm up 2.27% and SanDisk up 3.78%.