[U.S. Stock Market Close: Major Indexes End Higher, Alibaba Rises 5%] Jinshi Data, January 23 – U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminarily up 0.6%, the S&P 500 Index up 0.55%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index up 0.9%. Netflix (NFLX.O) fell 2%, Micron Technology (MU.O) rose 2%, and Novo Nordisk (NVO.N) gained nearly 5%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index rose 1.6%, Alibaba (BABA.N) climbed 5%, and JD.com (JD.O) increased 3.2%.