Woofun AI reports that the VIX fear index climbed 11.46% at the US stock market open, contrasting with modest gains in major benchmarks where the Dow Jones rose 0.01%, the S&P 500 increased 0.18%, and the Nasdaq advanced 0.11%. AI concept stocks experienced a broad decline, led by IBM falling 2.39%, ServiceNow dropping 2.36%, and Oracle decreasing 2.08%, while CoreWeave and Palantir fell 1.63% and 1.56% respectively.