The three major U.S. stock indexes all fell at the opening, with the Dow Jones falling 0.36%, the S&P 500 falling 0.75%, and the Nasdaq Composite falling 1.16%.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX), known as the "fear index", once hit 22.50, which was still around 17 at the beginning of last week's trading.
Large technology stocks generally opened lower, with Tesla falling more than 3%, Google falling more than 2%, Microsoft and Nvidia falling more than 1.4%, Apple rising 1.17%, and Amazon falling 1.31%. As of the last trading day, all seven technology giants have fallen across the board this year, and the index of the seven technology giants has fallen by 7.2% during the year.
TSMC's stock price fell 1.9%; Broadcom's stock price fell 1.4%; Oracle's stock price fell 3.26%; Micron Technology's stock price fell 3.1%.
U.S. gold concept stocks fell, with Harmony Gold falling 6%, Goldfields falling 4.6%, and Pan American Silver falling 4.4%.
PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE shares rose 9% as talks with Warner Bros. Discovery resumed.
China's Golden Dragon Index rose 0.05% to 7,595.70 points.
Chinese concept stocks rose against the trend, with Century Internet rising more than 3%, Weilai, Vipshop, and Pinduoduo rising more than 1%; Kingsoft Cloud falling more than 2%.
Hesai’s U.S. stocks rose more than 7% in early trading. As of press time, it rose 4.08%. Both Yushu's humanoid robots in the Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala are equipped with Hesai JT128 lidar.
In terms of precious metals, gold and silver both fell. Spot gold once fell below $4,850, and spot silver also fell below $72, a new low since February 6. As of press time, spot gold fell by 2.64% and spot silver fell by 5.5%.
In terms of oil prices, WTI crude oil fell 1.76% to US$62.61/barrel; Brent crude oil fell 1.6% to US$67.55/barrel.
In terms of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin fell below $67,000, down 2.9% on the day. As of 22:33, nearly 77,000 people in the global market have been liquidated.
On the news, on the 17th local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said that the current round of Iran-US Geneva negotiations had serious discussions and the atmosphere was more constructive. The two sides were able to reach an overall consensus on a set of guiding principles and continue to advance the text of a potential agreement accordingly. The two sides still have some issues that require further negotiation and may lead to an agreement.
