U.S. stocks closed higher with all three major indices up, Apple hit a record closing high again, while cryptocurrency-related stocks fell against the market trend.

BlockBeats news, September 26, according to BIT(bit.com) market data, U.S. stocks closed with the Dow up 0.93%, the S&P 500 up 0.51%, and the Nasdaq up 0.48%. Semiconductor, storage, and optical communications sectors rose broadly, while crypto-related stocks fell broadly. Apple rose more than 1%, setting a new record closing high, with its total market capitalization approaching $5 trillion.

Semiconductor and storage sectors rose broadly:

Seagate Technology (STX) rose 1.20%;

Western Digital (WDC) rose 1.44%;

SanDisk (SNDK) rose 1.38%;

Micron Technology (MU) rose 0.16%;

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose 0.22%;

Intel (INTC) fell 3.45%;

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose 0.22%;

Crypto-related stocks fell broadly:

Strategy (MSTR) fell 1.86%;

Coinbase (COIN) fell 2.06%;

Circle (CRCL) fell 4.30%;

BitMine Immersion (BMNR) fell 1.68%;

SharpLink Gaming (SBET) fell 3.22%.

Optical communications-related stocks rose broadly:

Pure Photonics ETF FOTO rose 1.57%;

Marvell Technology (MRVL) rose 1.15%;

AAOI (Applied Optoelectronics) rose 0.37%;

LITE (Lumentum Holdings) rose 1.36%;

COHR (Coherent Corp.) rose 1.80%;

CIEN (Ciena Corporation) fell 0.42%;

FN (Fabrinet) rose 4.78%;

AXTI (AXT Inc.) rose 4.01%;

NOK (Nokia) fell 0.38%.