The three major U.S. stock indices closed higher collectively, with large-cap technology stocks mostly rising. Nvidia and Netflix increased by over 1%.

U.S. Eastern Time Wednesday, U.S. stock market’s three major indices all closed higher, with the Nasdaq up 0.78%, the S&P 500 up 0.56%, and the Dow up 0.26%.

Large-cap technology stocks mostly rose, with Nvidia, Netflix, and Amazon up over 1%, and Apple, Tesla, Google, and Meta rising slightly.

U.S. stock gold concept stocks all increased, with Pan American Silver up over 3%, Harmony Gold and Kinross Gold up over 1%.

The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fluctuated, with 21Vianet down over 9%, WeRide down over 4%, Kingsoft Cloud and AHG down more than 3%, Qifu Technology and Dada Nexus down over 2%.

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