A view of the exterior of the Nasdaq market site in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 24, 2016.
The Nasdaq opened with gains on Monday as decline in volatility and Treasury yields has pushed technology companies' stocks higher.
The tech-heavy index was up 86 points, or 0.6%, to 13,298 points at 9.45 a.m. EDT (1345GMT) with Tesla soaring 4.6%, while Intel and Airbnb adding more than 2% each.
The Dow Jones was down 25 points, or 0.1%, to 32,602 at the time, but the SP 500 was up 8 points, or 0.2%, to 3,922.
After posting consecutive weeks of increase, the 10-year Treasury yields was down 2.3% to below 1.7% mark.
The VIX volatility index, also known as the fear index, was also down 2% to 20.52 that increased investors' appetite for tech stocks.
While Bitcoin was just below $57,000 level, other cryptocurrencies were up by between 5-20% each.
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