U.S. Stock Market Indices Open Lower, Nvidia Falls 1%, Circle Rises Over 2%

BlockBeats News, May 21st, according to Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower, with the Dow down 0.27%, the S&P 500 down 0.39%, and the Nasdaq down 0.5%. Microsoft was up 1.1% on news that Anthropic is in talks to use its artificial intelligence chip.

This morning, Nvidia, which announced its Q1 earnings report after the bell, fell 1%, while crypto-related stock Circle outperformed, surging over 2%.

On the other hand, boosted by news of U.S. government financial support, the U.S. stock quantum computing sector surged significantly, with D-Wave up 16%, Rigetti Computing up 14%, Inflqtion stock up 25%, quantum computing stocks up 9%, and Ionq up 3.1%.