# U.S. Stocks Open Higher as SK Hynix, Micron and SanDisk Advance By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/41167 Published: 2026-10-26T17:19:12.000Z Updated: 2026-10-26T17:19:12.000Z Section: Investing > The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained at the open; Tesla rose and Meta fell. Major U.S. indexes advanced at the start of trading on Wall Street Monday, Oct. 26, while storage-related shares and Tesla gained and Meta shares moved lower. The S&P 500 rose 0.25%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2% and the Nasdaq gained 0.28%. SK Hynix climbed 1.9%, Micron Technology rose 1.2% and SanDisk gained 0.6%. The Nasdaq led the three indexes, with its increase 0.08 percentage point above the Dow's. SK Hynix had the largest gain among the three storage-related stocks. The moves were smaller than during [an earlier U.S. market open](), when SK Hynix and SanDisk each rose about 4% and Micron gained about 3%. Tesla rose 3.3%. Barclays upgraded its rating on Tesla from equal weight to overweight. Meta Platforms fell 0.77%. The company plans to raise as much as $95 billion through a stock offering to support AI growth. ## Links in this article - [an earlier U.S. market open](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/37247)