Nvidia's 0.68% increase is considered moderate among chip stocks.

The three major U.S. stock indices generally rose before the market opened: the Nasdaq up 0.41%, the Dow up 0.31%, and the S&P 500 up 0.35%. Most of the seven major tech stocks rose before the market opened, with Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, and Tesla leading the gains, with increases of approximately 0.15%, 0.53%, 0.55%, 0.68%, and 2.17%, respectively; Apple and Meta declined slightly, down 0.07% and 0.18%, respectively.