2025.8.15 US Stock Market Overview

1. VIXY closed down 0.45%, at 37.97.

2. Among the three major US indices, only the Dow Jones closed up. The S&P 500 closed down 0.29%, at 6449.80 points, with a cumulative increase of 0.94% this week. The Dow Jones index closed up 34.86 points, an increase of 0.08%, at 44946.12 points, with a cumulative increase of 1.74% this week. The Nasdaq closed down 0.40%, at 21622.977 points, with a cumulative increase of 0.81% this week.

3. Tesla closed down 1.50%, Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft fell up to 0.86%, while Amazon, Meta, and Google A rose up to 0.47%. This week, Amazon rose a cumulative 3.75%, Meta rose 2.07%, Google A rose 1.23%, Apple rose 1.09%, Tesla rose 0.28%, Microsoft fell 0.36%, and Nvidia fell 1.23%.

4. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index (HXC) closed up 0.74%, at 7641.12 points, with a cumulative increase of 1.85%, marking two consecutive weeks of gains. NIO rose 8.09%, Daqo New Energy rose 8.04%, First Solar rose 7.45%, JinkoSolar rose 6.54%, Pony.ai, Bilibili, and Tiger Brokers rose up to 4.69%, Pinduoduo rose 3.67%, and Tencent Holdings ADR rose 1.10%. Alibaba, on the other hand, fell 0.83%.

5. Buffett's stock holding UnitedHealth surged nearly 12%, marking the largest single-day increase since October 2008.