US stocks closed higher on Thursday: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose
0.13%, the S&P 500 gained 0.65% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.8%.
Memory-sector names led gains — Micron +4%, SanDisk +13.6%, SK Hynix +7% — while
the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index fell 1.85%; Alibaba declined 2% and JD.com
dropped 7%.