[U.S. Stock Market Closes: Nasdaq Rises 2.26% to Hit Another Record High, Chip Stocks Surge Across the Board, AMD Market Cap Breaks $1 Trillion for the First Time] BlockBeats News, September 22, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, U.S. stock market closed with the Nasdaq up 2.26% to hit another record high, the Dow Jones up 0.71%, and the S&P 500 index up 1.49%. U.S. chip stocks surged across the board, with AMD rising nearly 10%, and its market cap breaking $1 trillion for the first time. Semiconductor, storage, and optical communication sectors all saw gains. In the semiconductor and storage sectors: - Seagate Technology (STX) rose 2.16% - Western Digital (WDC) rose 1.54% - SanDisk (SNDK) fell 1.41% - Micron Technology (MU) rose 2.77% - NVIDIA (NVDA) rose 2.30% - Intel (INTC) rose 12.14% - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose 9.95% - Qualcomm (QCOM) rose 9.29% In the optical communication concept stocks: - Pure Photonics ETF FOTO rose 2.49% - Marvell Technology (MRVL) rose 5.38% - AAOI (Applied Optoelectronics) rose 3.33% - LITE (Lumentum Holdings) rose 2.53% - COHR (Coherent Corp.) rose 1.31% - CIEN (Ciena Corporation) rose 4.92% - FN (Fabrinet) rose 3.35% - AXTI (AXT Inc.) rose 14.14% - NOK (Nokia) rose 2.43%