BlockBeats News, July 18th, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, the U.S. stock market closed on Friday with the Dow down 0.77%, the S&P 500 down 1.07%, and the Nasdaq down 1.4%. Chip stocks saw mixed performance: Western Digital (WDC.O) up 2.23%, Seagate Technology (STX.O) up 5.66%, SK Hynix ADR (SKHY.O) up 1.13%, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) down 2.21%, Meta Platforms (META.O) down 2.79%, SpaceX (SPCX.O) down 5.43%.
Apple (AAPL.O) closed up 0.14%, briefly surpassing NVIDIA in market capitalization during the trading session.

