The article cites broad market pressure from higher yields/oil and specifically notes NVDA trading lower at the open, making this a short-term sentiment/price-move catalyst rather than company-specific fundamentals.
Global bond sell-off pressures stocks: AlphaCheck Grace O'Donnell · Editor, Special Projects Tue, August 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM GMT+2 1 min read ^DJI CL=F ^IXIC NVDA INTC Good morning. Stocks fell at the open as Treasury yields and oil prices continued their march higher. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) saw the sharpest declines, dropping 1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) and S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ) fell 0.
2% and 0. 5%, respectively. Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data .
Stocks fall at the open Technology ( XLK ) stocks dragged on the overall indexes as concerns about borrowing costs and inflation returned to the forefront. Within tech, chip stocks took a leg lower, with Nvidia ( NVDA ) stock falling 2% and Intel ( INTC ) shares dropping 5%. The Energy sector ( XLE ), meanwhile, saw gains as global oil prices rose above $90.
Here are some notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning: Micron ( MU ), Sandisk ( SNDK ), SK Hynix ( SKHY ), Applied Materials ( AMAT ), Seagate Technology ( STX ), and Lam Research ( LRCX ).
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