U.S. stocks close higher; crypto-related stocks broadly decline, with Circle falling 4.30%

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All three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher, with most semiconductor and optical communications stocks rising and crypto-related stocks broadly declining.

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All three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher; Apple set another record closing high, while crypto-related stocks declined against the trend

BlockBeats news,September 26, according to BIT(bit.com) market data, at the U.S. market close, the Dow rose 0.93%, the S&P 500 Index rose 0.51%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.48%. Semiconductor, memory, and optical communications sectors broadly gained, while crypto-related stocks broadly declined. Apple rose more than 1%, setting another record closing high, with its total market capitalization approaching 5000000000000 USD.

Semiconductor and memory sectors broadly gained:

Seagate Technology (STX) rose 1.20%;

Western Digital (WDC) rose 1.44%;

SanDisk (SNDK) rose 1.38%;

Micron Technology (MU) rose 0.16%;

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose 0.22%;

Intel (INTC) fell 3.45%;

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose 0.22%.

Crypto-related stocks broadly declined:

Strategy (MSTR) fell 1.86%；

Coinbase（COIN) fell 2.06%；

Circle（CRCL) fell 4.30%；

BitMine Immersion（BMNR) fell 1.68%；

SharpLink Gaming（SBET) fell 3.22%.

Optical communications-related stocks broadly gained:

Pure Photonics ETF FOTO rose 1.57%;

Marvell Technology (MRVL) rose 1.15%；

AAOI(Applied Optoelectronics) rose 0.37%；

LITE(Lumentum Holdings) rose 1.36%；

COHR（Coherent Corp.) rose 1.80%；

CIEN(Ciena Corporation) fell 0.42%；

FN(Fabrinet) rose 4.78%；

AXTI（AXT Inc.) rose 4.01%；

NOK(Nokia) fell 0.38%.

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Key points

According to BlockBeats, citing BIT(bit.com) market data,September 26 at the U.S. market close, the Dow rose 0.93%, the S&P 500 Index rose 0.51%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.48%。
Semiconductor, memory, and optical communications sectors broadly gained, while crypto-related stocks broadly declined.
Apple rose more than 1%, setting another record closing high, with its total market capitalization approaching 5000000000000 USD。
Among semiconductor and memory stocks, Seagate Technology rose 1.20%, Western Digital rose 1.44%, SanDisk rose 1.38%, Micron Technology rose 0.16%, NVIDIA rose 0.22%, Intel fell 3.45%, and Advanced Micro Devices rose 0.22%。
Among crypto-related stocks, Strategy fell 1.86%, Coinbase fell 2.06%, Circle fell 4.30%, BitMine Immersion fell 1.68%, and SharpLink Gaming fell 3.22%。
Among optical communications-related stocks,FOTO rose 1.57%, Marvell Technology rose 1.15%、AAOI rose 0.37%、LITE rose 1.36%、COHR rose 1.80%、CIEN fell 0.42%、FN rose 4.78%、AXTI rose 4.01%、NOK fell 0.38%。

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Major U.S. stock indexes generally rose that day, but sector performance varied: most semiconductor, memory, and optical communications-related stocks gained, while all crypto-related stocks listed in the article declined. Apple also posted a strong closing performance.

Why it matters to readers

This set of closing data reflects an overall rise in U.S. equities that day and relative weakness in crypto-related stocks, while also showing that individual stocks within the same sector differed between gains and losses.

Beginners can use this to observe that “a rising broader market does not mean every stock rises”: indexes, industry sectors, and individual stocks may move in different directions. A single day’s gains or losses describe only that day’s performance and cannot independently demonstrate a long-term trend.

Risks and unknowns

The data are from BlockBeats' citation of BIT market data; the original article did not provide verification results from an exchange or another authoritative market-data terminal.
The original article only states “September 26” and does not specify the year.
The original article does not explain the specific reasons for the gains or losses in each sector.
“Total market capitalization approaching 5000000000000 USD” does not provide an exact figure or calculation methodology.
Whether the performance of a single trading day will continue cannot be confirmed from the original article.

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