#amd82亿美元收购worldlabs US pre-market news: Storage chip and optical communication stocks broadly rise; SK hynix and Micron Technologies both gain more than 1%

Dow futures fall 0.03%, Nasdaq futures rise 0.09%, and S&P 500 index futures rise 0.01%.

Major technology stocks are mixed in pre-market trading: Nvidia up 0.67%, Apple down 0.21%, Microsoft down 0.14%, Google down 0.16%, Amazon up 0.24%, Meta up 0.15%, and Tesla up 0.41%.

Storage chip stocks are broadly higher pre-market: SK hynix up 1.31%, Micron Technology up 1.55%, Seagate Technology up 0.92%, SanDisk up 1.28%, and Western Digital up 0.54%.

Optical communication stocks are broadly higher pre-market: Lumentum up 0.96%, Corning up 0.27%, Coherent up 0.89%, Applied Optoelectronics up 0.49%, Ciena up 0.72%, Broadcom up 0.37%, and Mativ? (MRVL) up 1.15%.

WTI crude oil futures rise 0.80% to $93.34 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures rise 0.85% to $98.66 per barrel.

Spot gold in London rises 0.66% to $4,141.47 per ounce; spot silver in London rises 0.35% to $60.809 per ounce.

US plans to have Boeing’s “Starliner” return for crewed flights in 2028
On the 28th, NASA released the latest progress and mission plans for Boeing’s “Starliner.” The plan is to carry out the uncrewed “Starliner-1” mission to the International Space Station as early as December this year or January next year, and to conduct the crewed “Starliner-2” mission in 2028.

SpaceX’s “Starship” achieves its first Earth-orbit flight, but mission ends early
On the 28th, SpaceX’s “Starship” spacecraft achieved its first Earth-orbital flight, delivering 26 next-generation “Starlink” V3 satellites into orbit, but the test flight mission ended earlier than originally planned.

Australia central bank hikes rates to 4.6%, a nearly 15-year high
On the 29th, the Reserve Bank of Australia (the central bank) announced a 25-basis-point increase in the benchmark interest rate to 4.6%. This is the fourth rate hike by the RBA this year, taking rates to the highest level since late 2011.$CL $XAU $SOXL