On Wednesday local time, the three major U.S. stock indices closed mixed. At the close, the Dow fell 0.05% to 45,271.23 points, the S&P 500 rose 0.51% to 6,448.26 points, and the Nasdaq gained 1.02% to 21,497.73 points.

Among them, Chevron and American Express fell over 2%, leading the Dow's decline. Most large-cap tech stocks rose, with Google and Apple performing strongly, driving the Nasdaq to close up over 1%. In terms of individual stocks, Google rose over 9%, Apple gained more than 3%, Tesla rose over 1%, Amazon increased 0.29%, Meta added 0.26%, Microsoft edged up 0.05%, while Nvidia fell 0.09%.

Chip stocks were mixed, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 0.23%. ASML rose over 1%, Broadcom and TSMC gained over 1%; Marvell Technology fell over 3%, ON Semiconductor dropped over 2%, and NXP Semiconductor declined over 1%.

Chinese concept stocks also showed a divergent trend, with the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index falling 0.29%. Among popular Chinese concept stocks, Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics rose over 7%, Tiger Brokers gained over 5%, Legend Biotech increased over 5%, Futu Holdings rose over 3%, and GDS Holdings advanced over 3%. On the decline side, Bitdeer fell over 6%, Zai Lab dropped over 6%, NIO fell nearly 4%, and XPeng Motors declined over 2%.

Spot gold prices rose for the seventh consecutive day, breaking above $3,550 per ounce for the first time on Wednesday local time, with an intraday high of $3,578.375 per ounce, once again hitting a record high. Stimulated by this, the gold sector of U.S. stocks surged across the board, with Harmony Gold rising over 5%. Spot silver prices also broke through $41 after many years.