Market Overview - The U.S. stock market opened with mixed results, with the Russell 2000 (+0.06%), Nasdaq (+0.04%), and S&P 500 (+0.03%) starting in positive territory, while the Dow (-0.09%) remained flat [2] - All four major indexes were reported to be slightly down, indicating a potential fourth consecutive day of declines for the S&P 500 [3] Company-Specific Developments - Nvidia's stock rose by 0.84% after placing a significant order with TSMC (+1.5%) due to strong demand in China for its new H200 chip, with over 2 million orders from Chinese firms and only 700,000 units in stock [3] Labor Market Insights - Initial jobless claims for the week of Dec. 27 were reported at 199,000, lower than the expected 220,000, marking the lowest level since late November [5] - There has been a sustained decline in jobless claims over the past four weeks, with Continuing Claims for the week of Dec. 20 at 1.866 million, down from 1.923 million the previous week [6] - The labor market is showing signs of slowing rather than collapsing, which may impact expectations for future rate cuts by the Federal Reserve [7]