2025.8.18 US Stock Market Overview

1. VIXY closed down 2.26%, at 37.11.

2. The three major US stock indexes basically ended flat. The S&P 500 index closed down 0.01%, at 6449.15 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 34.30 points, down 0.08%, at 44911.82 points. The Nasdaq closed up 0.03%, at 21629.774 points.

3. Meta Platforms closed down 2.27%, Microsoft, Apple, and Google A fell by at most 0.59%, while Amazon and Nvidia rose by at most 0.86%, and Tesla rose by 1.39%.

4. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 0.12%, at 7650.61 points. Bilibili rose by 2%, NIO rose by over 1%, XPeng rose by nearly 1%, Alibaba rose by 0.1%, Pinduoduo fell by 0.5%, and Tencent's US stock fell by nearly 0.8%.

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