U.S. stocks closed slightly higher: the three major indexes edged up, and the Golden Dragon Index rose 1.7%

Golden Ten Data reported on April 17 that U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminarily rose by 0.2%, the S&P 500 Index increased by 0.26%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed by 0.36%, with the latter two achieving gains for 12 consecutive trading days. Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS.O) surged 20%, Dell (DELL.N) was up 9%, AMD gained nearly 8%, and Intel (INTC.O) rose more than 5%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 1.75%, NIO (NIO.N) increased by nearly 7%, and a certain exchange gained 4%.