US equities kicked off the trading session with gains, with the Dow Jones Index inching up 0.19%, the S&P 500 Index advancing 0.36%, and the Nasdaq Index surging 0.56%. Notably, XPeng shares soared 3.48% at the open, buoyed by the official launch of its globally pioneering L3-level AI car, the XPeng G7. Conversely, Robinhood's stock price declined 2.7% at the outset, following OpenAI's denial of any affiliation with Robinhood tokens.