U.S. stock pre-market briefing: memory chip stocks plunge, SK Hynix, Western Digital, and Seagate Technology fall more than 3%; spot gold regains the $4,100 mark

Dow futures rise 0.43%, Nasdaq futures fall 0.76%, and S&P 500 futures fall 0.09%.

Large-cap tech stocks mostly rise in pre-market trading, with Nvidia down 0.46%, Apple up 0.29%, Microsoft up 0.01%, Google up 0.82%, Amazon up 0.44%, Meta up 0.63%, and Tesla down 1.84%.

Memory chip stocks plunge in pre-market trading, with Micron Technology down 2.71%, SanDisk down 2.92%, SK Hynix down 3.77%, Western Digital down 3.22%, and Seagate Technology down 3.51%.

Pharmaceutical and biotech stocks mostly rise in pre-market trading, with Eli Lilly up 1.27%, Johnson & Johnson up 1.26%, Moderna down 0.68%, Novo Nordisk down 0.40%, AbbVie up 1.22%, and Merck up 0.96%.

WTI crude oil futures rise 0.15% to $88.25/barrel; Brent crude oil futures rise 0.89% to $95.47/barrel.

Spot gold in London rises 1.56% to $4,126.23/ounce; spot silver in London rises 1.21% to $52.84/ounce.$SNDK $SOXL $XAU