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SpaceX market cap surges over $37.8B in a day; Brent crude falls below $95
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On Tuesday, US stocks closed mixed with the Nasdaq hitting a record high, driven by AI and 'Muse concept' stocks. The Dow fell 0.36%, the S&P 500 was flat, and the Nasdaq rose 0.45% to 27,244.28. Major tech stocks were mostly lower, while semiconductor and storage stocks surged, with SK Hynix up 3.45%, Micron up 5%, and SanDisk up 6.82%. SpaceX's market cap rose over $37.8 billion to $2.04 trillion, attributed by Caixin to its AI agent Grok Bot reaching 418,000 weekly active users. 'Muse concept' stock Shopify rose 7.12% after announcing a partnership with Meta. Chinese ADRs mostly rose. In commodities, Brent crude fell nearly 1.7% below $95/barrel. US-Iran talks in New York were described by President Trump as 'very productive,' with plans for another meeting soon. The article includes a disclaimer that it is for reference only and not investment advice.
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Local time Tuesday — The AI agent rally persisted on Wall Street, with a host of AI-related blue-chip stocks and "Muse concept stocks" pushing tech indices higher. At the close, the three major U.S. indexes were mixed:
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: -0.36%
- S&P 500: Flat
- Nasdaq Composite: +0.45%, closing at 27,244.28 points, a new record high
Big Tech Stocks Mostly Lower
- Tesla: +0.96%
- Nvidia: +0.66%
- Apple: +0.23% (hit an intraday all-time high; announced new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, per Caixin)
- Meta: -0.62%
- Microsoft: -0.72%
- Alphabet (Google): -1.07%
- Amazon: -1.34%
Semiconductor Stocks Mostly Higher
- ARM: +3.19%
- Intel: +1.71%
- TSMC: +1.52%
- Qualcomm: +2.08%
- AMD: +1.34%
- ASML: +2.14%
- Broadcom: +0.52%
Memory & Storage Sector Strengthens
- SK Hynix: +3.45%
- Micron Technology: +5.00%
- SanDisk: +6.82%
- Seagate Technology: +4.85%
- Western Digital: +3.67%
AI Infrastructure & Power Stocks Surge
- Monolithic Power Systems (AI server power supply concept): +8.06%, leading Nasdaq 100 components
- Astera Labs (AI high-speed interconnect chips): +6.67%
- Teradyne (semiconductor test equipment leader): +4.49%
"Muse Concept" Stocks
- Shopify: +7.12% — The company previously announced a partnership with Meta to integrate the Muse AI agent, per Caixin. The stock has gained nearly 15% over the past two trading days.
SpaceX
- SpaceX: +1.89%, with a market cap of $2.04 trillion, up over $37.8 billion (approx. RMB 253.2 billion) from the previous session's $2 trillion.
- Grok Bot (SpaceX AI's agent): Launched about one month ago, weekly active users surpassed 400,000. Materials shown at a London event indicated that as of the week ending September 14, the product had 418,000 users, up 24% from the prior week.
Chinese ADRs Mostly Higher
- Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index: +0.32%
- Notable gainers:
- BOSS Zhipin: +2.63%
- Tencent Music, Li Auto, Pinduoduo, NetEase, NIO, Vipshop: each up over 1%
Commodities
As of the opening on Wednesday (Beijing time):
- Spot gold and silver: edged higher
- WTI crude oil: down nearly 1%
- Brent crude: fell nearly 1.7%, dropping below $95/barrel
Cryptocurrencies
Major cryptocurrencies were mixed, with Bitcoin hovering around $86,000.
U.S.-Iran Situation
Signals of easing tensions emerged. According to Xinhua News Agency, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that U.S. and Iranian officials held a three-hour meeting in New York, with plans for another round soon. Speaking to the media during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Trump described the talks as "very smooth" and "productive," but did not disclose the content or timing of the next meeting.
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