[U.S. Stock Market Close: The Three Major Indexes Edge Higher, Golden Dragon Index Up 1.7%] Jinshi Data, April 17 – U.S. stocks closed on Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminarily up 0.2%, the S&P 500 Index up 0.26%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index up 0.36%, with the latter two achieving 12 consecutive trading days of gains. Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS.O) surged 20%, Dell Technologies (DELL.N) rose 9%, AMD gained nearly 8%, and Intel (INTC.O) climbed over 5%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 1.75%, with NIO Inc. (NIO.N) rising nearly 7% and Alibaba Group (BABA.N) up 4%.