U.S. stocks opened higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.84%, the S&P 500 rising 1.18% and the Nasdaq gaining 1.59%, based on MSX.COM data. The VIX, a gauge of expected stock-market volatility, fell 10.23%. AI-related shares also climbed, led by Arm at 7.1%, Tempus AI at 6.15% and Marvell at 5.78%. MSX is a major RWA (real-world asset) trading platform that has listed hundreds of RWA tokens, including assets tied to Nvidia, GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN, META, TSM and AMD, as well as ETF-linked products.