PANews reported on December 29th that US stocks opened lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.19%, the S&P 500 down 0.43%, and the Nasdaq down 0.75%. Precious metal prices plummeted during the day, and mining stocks generally opened lower. Blockchain concept stocks showed mixed performance, with CRCL (Circle) rising approximately 1.7%; MSTR (Strategy) rising approximately 2%; and COIN (Coinbase) rising approximately 1%.