July 18 news, U.S. stocks closed on Thursday, the Dow initially closed up 0.5%, the S & P 500 index rose 0.54%, the Nasdaq index rose 0.74%, the latter two are record highs. NVIDIA (NVDA. O) rose nearly 1%, closing market value of more than $4.20 trillion, a new high. Nasdaq China Golden Dragon index closed up 1.2%, Li Auto (LI. O) rose 6.6%.