Odaily Planet Daily report: Before the U.S. stock market opens, investors should pay close attention to the following key financial news:
1. The three major U.S. stock index futures showed divergent trends. The Dow Jones Index futures fell 0.11%, the S&P 500 Index futures rose 0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index futures rose 1.02%.
2. International oil prices rose slightly. WTI crude oil futures increased 0.18% to $82.381 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures rose 0.32% to $87.217 per barrel.
3. International spot gold and silver prices fluctuated narrowly. Spot gold prices fell 0.01% to $4,594.00 per ounce; spot silver prices rose 0.34% to $68.33 per ounce.
4. Europe's three major stock indices showed mixed performance. The UK FTSE 100 fell 0.43%, the France CAC 40 declined 1.01%, and the Germany DAX 30 rose 0.27%.
5. NVIDIA is accelerating its布局 of the full AI ecosystem, reportedly acquiring the open-source AI model collaboration platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion.
6. Amazon has announced plans to deploy an additional 2 million NVIDIA GPUs within its AWS global infrastructure between 2027 and 2028. The latest transaction includes NVIDIA’s Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, and Rubin Ultra GPUs.
7. Qualcomm, in collaboration with Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and TSMC, is jointly advancing the commercialization of HBC (High-Bandwidth Computing) chips, with the first-generation products expected to ship next year.
8. Kioxia and SanDisk plan to invest over 5 trillion yen ($31.4 billion) to increase production capacity in Japan, aiming to boost output of the latest high-density 3D flash memory chips, which are currently in short supply.
9. The NASA administrator recommended establishing a space-based data center, noting that it could be powered by solar energy to help alleviate U.S. power shortages without competing for land with communities.