U.S. stocks closed slightly higher, with major financial stocks performing strongly.

According to ChainCatcher, citing Jinshi, U.S. stocks closed Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.6%, the S&P 500 up 0.26%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.25%. BlackRock (BLK.N) rose 6%, Morgan Stanley (MS.N) rose 5.8%, Goldman Sachs (GS.N) rose 4.6%, and Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose 2%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 0.6%, iQiyi (IQ.O) fell 2%, and Hesai rose over 7%.