Woofun AI reports that U.S. equity markets opened with broad-based gains on July 20, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.27%, the S&P 500 advancing 0.54%, and the Nasdaq Composite climbing 0.8%. In the storage hardware sector, SK Hynix, Micron Technology, and SanDisk all recorded 4% increases, while Western Digital and Seagate Technology gained approximately 3%. Alphabet's Google Class C shares rose 2% following reports of development on a new chip designed to improve AI model efficiency.