[U.S. Stock Market Close: Nasdaq Hits Record High, Novavax Up 20%] Jin10 News, October 6 – U.S. stocks closed on Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminarily up 0.18%, the S&P 500 Index up 0.67%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 1.05%, reaching a new record high. NVIDIA (NVDA.O) rose 2%, Novavax (NVAX.O) surged 20%, Qualcomm (QCOM.O) fell 2%, and SpaceX (SPCX.O) gained over 7%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 1.7%, with Alibaba (BABA.N) rising 4%.