U.S. stocks closed: The three major stock indexes rose together, and NVIDIA rose more than 1%.

On July 4th, U.S. stocks closed early on Thursday, with the Dow up 0.7%, the S & P 500 up 0.8%, and the Nasdaq up more than 1%. Technology stocks generally rose, with NVIDIA (NVDA. O) rising 1.3%, its intraday market value hitting an all-time high, and Apple (AAPL. O) rising 0.5%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon rose 0.4%, Alibaba (BABA. N) fell 1.8%, and XPeng Motors (XPEV. N) rose 2.6%.