U.S. stocks close: TSMC rallied nearly 10%, and the Chinese stock index fell 3.6%.

October 18 news, U.S. stocks closed on Thursday, the Dow initially closed up 0.37%, the S & P 500 index fell and the Nasdaq almost flat. NVIDIA (NVDA. O) rose nearly 1%, TSMC (TSM. N) rose 9.7%, stabilizing the trillion-dollar market value. Nasdaq China Golden Dragon index closed down 3.6%, Alibaba (BABA. N) fell 2%, Bilibili (BILI. O) and Li Auto (LI. O) both fell more than 5%.