U.S. stocks open mixed Sept. 29 as technology shares gain

Sep 29, 2026 10:40 (26d ago)

U.S. stocks opened mixed on Sept. 29, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite higher as oil retreated and technology sentiment improved.
Reuters-reported opening figures showed the Dow down 64.6 points, or 0.13%, to 51,416.96, while the S&P 500 rose 0.21% and the Nasdaq gained 0.31%.
Separate market reports showed differing index moves; earlier MSX.COM data also cited a 1.56% VIX decline, AI-share gains and hundreds of tokenized stock and ETF listings.

U.S. stocks opened mixed on Sept. 29, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite advancing as oil prices retreated and reports about Anthropic’s public offering supported technology-stock sentiment. Reuters-reported opening figures showed the Dow down 0.13% to 51,416.96, the S&P 500 up 0.21% to 7,699.6 and the Nasdaq up 0.31% to 26,904.60. Separate Binance data cited by PANews showed the Dow down 0.05%, the S&P 500 up 0.15% and the Nasdaq up 0.51%, while earlier MSX.COM data reported smaller moves and gains in several AI-related shares.