U.S. Stock Market Opens Lower Amid Alphabet's Bond Issuance Plan

The U.S. stock market opened with declines as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.14%, the S&P 500 index dropped 0.24%, and the Nasdaq Composite decreased by 0.34%. According to Jin10, shares of Google A (GOOGL.O) declined by 0.58% following the announcement that its parent company, Alphabet, plans to raise approximately $15 billion through a U.S. dollar bond issuance. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk (NVO.N) saw a 4.4% increase in its stock price, while Hims & Hers (HIMS.N) experienced a significant drop of 22.6%. The decline in Hims & Hers' stock comes after Novo Nordisk filed a lawsuit against the company over a generic version of its weight-loss drug, Wegovy.