[The Three Major U.S. Stock Indexes Rise Together, S&P 500 Hits Another Record High] Due to the Christmas holiday, U.S. stocks closed early on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminarily closed up 0.6%, the S&P 500 Index rose 0.32%, both hitting new closing highs; the Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 0.22%. Blockchain concept stocks showed mixed performance.