Trading on Wall Street was mixed early Thursday despite a shutdown of the U.S. government that threatened to drag on indefinitely.

Futures for S&P 500 were up 0.2% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked down 0.1%. Futures for the Nasdaq, home to most of the biggest U.S. technology companies, jumped 0.5% on news of a partnership between South Korean tech firms and OpenAI that's expected to boost demand for computer chips.

Late Wednesday, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix announced an agreement with OpenAI to supply its Stargate data hubs with memory chips.

“We expect export growth to remain resilient, led by higher chip prices, which will likely continue to offset the tariff impact on non-chip sectors such as autos,” the Nomura Group said in a comme

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