Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq open higher as tech stocks rebound

US stocks opened higher on Thursday. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all moved up as technology shares bounced back from a bruising Wednesday. The catalyst was a revenue figure for OpenAI. One day it sank tech stocks. The next day, a different report about the same company helped lift them. From a red Wednesday to a green open Futures pointed the way before the bell on October 9, 2026. Dow futures rose approximately 0.1-0.2%. S&P 500 futures gained between 0.3-0.4%. The real action sat in tech. Nasdaq-100 futures advanced by 0.7-0.8%, the biggest move of the three. Wednesday’s session was a split decision. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 51.77 points, or 0.10%, at 51,231.64. The S&P 500 did not share that mood. It fell 36.41 points, or 0.47%, to finish at 7,765.36. The Nasdaq Composite took the worst of it. It dropped 345.35 points, or 1.25%, to close at 27,193.34. The OpenAI number that moved the market Wednesday’s tech slide was attributed to a Financial Times report on OpenAI’s finances. According to the FT, OpenAI’s annualized revenue stood at around $50 billion at the end of September. Earlier expectations had pegged that figure at $70 billion. Then came the...