The three major U.S. stock indexes all closed slightly higher, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones hitting new closing highs in at least three months.
U.S. stocks opened low and ended high, with all three major indexes closing slightly higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.24%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.24%. Among them, the S&P 500 hit a new closing high since the end of February, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new closing high since early March. Large technology stocks rose and fell, with Microsoft and Nvidia rising more than 1%, Intel, Apple, and Amazon rising slightly; Tesla fell more than 2%, Netflix, Google, and Meta fell slightly. Oracle rose more than 13%, setting a record closing high, and the company's fourth-quarter results exceeded expectations. Chime (CHYM.US), a U.S. financial technology company, rose more than 37% on its first day of listing. The IPO was priced at $27 per share. Boeing fell nearly 5% after an Air India Boeing 787 crashed.
