US stock market pre-market news summary: Memory chip stocks extend declines, SK Hynix down over 7%; international spot gold and silver collectively fall

OdailyOdaily Planet Daily News In pre-market trading in the US stock market, investors need to focus on the following market news:

1. The three major US stock index futures are mixed. Dow Jones futures rose 0.06%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.37%, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.99%.

2. International oil prices rose sharply. WTI crude oil futures price rose 1.14% to $80.019 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures price rose 1.10% to $85.884 per barrel. On the news front, Iran told Yemen's Houthi rebels that if the US attacks its power grid, they need to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

3. International spot gold and silver collectively fell. Spot gold price fell 1.08% to $4,016.39 per ounce; spot silver price fell 2.49% to $56.30 per ounce.

4. The three major European stock indexes all declined. The UK's FTSE 100 fell 0.44%, France's CAC 40 fell 1.00%, and Germany's DAX 30 fell 1.10%.

5. Memory chip stocks continued their decline in pre-market trading. SK Hynix and SanDisk fell over 7%, Western Digital fell nearly 8%, and Micron Technology fell nearly 5%.

6. Nvidia announced a partnership with Japan's Noetra company to launch an AI factory equipped with 13,750 Vera CPUs and 27,500 Rubin GPUs, providing 140 megawatts of computing capacity for the country's physical AI development.

7. TSMC raised its full-year 2026 capital expenditure guidance to $60-64 billion, up from the previous $52-56 billion, and expects mass production of A14 process chips to begin in 2028.

8. Anthropic's underwriters have begun arranging meetings between the company's management and institutional investors over the next few weeks in preparation for its IPO roadshow. If the plan proceeds, Anthropic could go public as early as October this year.

9. In an exclusive interview, Buffett stated that his investment in Google's parent company Alphabet was personally led by him, and added that Apple remains one of his favorite stocks.

10. Citigroup has placed optical communication concept stock Lumentum on a 90-day "upside catalyst watch" list.