U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday: Dow Jones +0.6%, S&P 500 +1.1%, Nasdaq Composite +1.69%. Semiconductors led gains—SK Hynix (SKHY.O) +4.6%, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) +2.5%, AMD (AMD.O) +6.0%, Intel (INTC.O) up about 7.6%. Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index +0

2026-09-18

U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday: Dow Jones +0.6%, S&P 500 +1.1%, Nasdaq Composite +1.69%. Semiconductors led gains—SK Hynix (SKHY.O) +4.6%, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) +2.5%, AMD (AMD.O) +6.0%, Intel (INTC.O) up about 7.6%. Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index +0.16%; Alibaba (BABA.N) +1.0%, Bilibili (BILI.O) -3.0%.