U.S. stocks opened higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.12%, the S&P 500 up 0.03%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.07%. Netflix (NFLX.O) opened 1.66% higher after Warner Bros. Discovery Ltd. (WBD.O) board rejected Paramount Pictures' host

2025-12-17

U.S. stocks opened higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.12%, the S&P 500 up 0.03%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.07%. Netflix (NFLX.O) opened 1.66% higher after Warner Bros. Discovery Ltd. (WBD.O) board rejected Paramount Pictures' hostile takeover offer and continued to recommend a deal with Netflix. Oracle (ORCL.N) opened 3.02% lower after reports that its $10 billion Michigan data center project had stalled, but the company later responded that the equity transaction was still progressing as planned.