[The Three Major U.S. Stock Indexes Closed Higher] According to Golden Finance, the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed higher, with the Dow Jones up 0.60%, the S&P 500 up 0.26%, and the Nasdaq up 0.25%. Chip stocks rose driven by TSMC's impressive earnings report, with Applied Materials and ASML up over 5%, TSMC up over 4%, and NVIDIA up over 2%.