U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday: Dow Jones Industrial Average +1.19%, S&P 500 +1.67%, Nasdaq Composite +2.78%. Memory-chip names led the rally—Micron Technology (MU.O) +18%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) +26%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) +17%—while NVIDIA (NVDA.O) ro

2026-07-31

U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday: Dow Jones Industrial Average +1.19%, S&P 500 +1.67%, Nasdaq Composite +2.78%. Memory-chip names led the rally—Micron Technology (MU.O) +18%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) +26%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) +17%—while NVIDIA (NVDA.O) rose just over 2%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index gained 1.05%; iQIYI (IQ.O) +4%.