U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday. The Dow rose 0.28%, the S&P 500 gained 0.60% and the Nasdaq climbed 1.30%. SpaceX jumped 15.8%; Qualcomm rose 4.6% and NVIDIA gained 2.2%. Memory/storage names mostly fell: SK Hynix declined nearly 4% and Micron slipped 0.4%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index gained 0.7%.

2026-08-08

U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday. The Dow rose 0.28%, the S&P 500 gained 0.60% and the Nasdaq climbed 1.30%. SpaceX jumped 15.8%; Qualcomm rose 4.6% and NVIDIA gained 2.2%. Memory/storage names mostly fell: SK Hynix declined nearly 4% and Micron slipped 0.4%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index gained 0.7%.