The Federal Reserve's September interest rate policy meeting begins, and US retail sales data for August is better than expected, with US stocks rising on Tuesday. The S&P 500 index opened 22 points or 0.4% higher, at 5,655 points, 0.5% away from its historical high; the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 101 points or 0.2% higher, at 41,723 points, reaching a new high of 41,776 points; the Nasdaq opened 114 points or 0.7% higher, at 17,707 points.
Intel (INTC.US) rose about 3%, the company will customize AI chips for Amazon (AMZN.US), and Intel rose about 3%; Amazon also rose over 2%.
Microsoft (MSFT.US) increased its quarterly dividend by 10.7% to $0.83 per share, and approved a $60 billion share buyback plan, causing the stock price to rise by about 2%.