U.S. stocks close; Semiconductor and storage sectors rebound and surge!; San Disk rose more than 6%, Seagate Technology rose nearly 4%; the Dow fell more than 1%, and the Nasdaq closed higher
On Wednesday Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock indexes were mixed. As of the close, the Dow fell 1.09%, the Nasdaq rose 0.2%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.28%. Source: On the flush market, most large technology stocks fell. Tesla and Meta fell by more than 2%, Microsoft and Google A fell by more than 1%, Amazon fell by 0.96%, SpaceX fell by 0.81%, Nvidia rose by 3.65%, and Apple rose by 0.88%.
On Wednesday Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock indexes were mixed. As of the close, the Dow fell 1.09%, the Nasdaq rose 0.2%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.28%. On the market, most large technology stocks fell. Tesla and Meta fell more than 2%, Microsoft and Google A fell more than 1%, Amazon fell 0.96%, SpaceX fell 0.81%, Nvidia rose 3.65%, and Apple rose 0.88%. The semiconductor and storage sectors rebounded, with SanDisk rising by more than 6%, Seagate Technology and NXP rising by nearly 4%, Western Digital rising by more than 3%, ASML and Micron Technology rising by more than 1%, and TSMC rising by nearly 1%. Most energy stocks rose, with Occidental Petroleum rising more than 3%, Schlumberger and ConocoPhillips rising more than 2%, Chevron rising more than 1%, and Exxon Mobil falling 0.52%. Popular Chinese concept stocks generally rose. Alibaba rose by more than 11%, iQiyi rose by more than 5%, Baidu and JD.com rose by more than 4%, and Pinduoduo and Bilibili rose by more than 2%. According to the news, when attending the NATO summit in Ankara, the Turkish capital, on the 8th, U.S. President Trump said that he believed that the memorandum of understanding reached between the United States and Iran was "terminated." Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that day, condemning "the US military's military aggression against multiple monitoring centers along Iran's southern coast" and believing that the US military's successive attacks on Iran seriously violated the Iran-US memorandum of understanding. In addition, on July 8, local time, the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting from June 16 to 17. Participants noted that they observed an increase in both core and headline inflation and attributed these increases primarily to the ongoing impact of tariffs, supply chain disruptions related to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and strong demand for certain goods and services driven by strong AI-related investment. The U.S. Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) quoted Capital.com senior market analyst Daniela Hathorn's analysis as saying: "Tensions in the Middle East have heated up again, breaking the market's generally optimistic and relaxed trading expectations. In the past few weeks, investors have been pricing in a steady cooling of the situation, and now geopolitical risks are being re-evaluated." Europe's three major stock indexes fell across the board. The Financial Times' average price index of 100 stocks in the London stock market closed at 10489.04 points on the 8th, down 176.84 points or 1.66% from the previous trading day; the CAC40 index in the Paris stock market in France closed at 82 52.66 points, down 183.58 points or 2.18% from the previous trading day; the DAX index of the Frankfurt stock market in Germany closed at 24897.45 points, down 567.75 points or 2.23% from the previous trading day. International oil prices rose significantly on the 8th. As of the close of the day, the price of light crude oil futures for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by US$3.08 to close at US$73.52 per barrel, an increase of 4.37%; the price of London Brent crude oil futures for September delivery rose by US$3.86 to close at US$78.02 per barrel, an increase of 5.2%. International precious metal futures generally fell. COMEX gold futures closed down 1.7% at $4,086.6 per ounce; COMEX silver futures closed down 4.3% at $58.69 per ounce. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the U.S. dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.03% on the day and closed at 100.990 in late foreign exchange trading. The opinions in this article are for reference only and do not constitute investment advice. Investment is risky, so be cautious when entering the market. (