U.S. stocks closed higher on Oct. 22, with the Dow up about 0.69%, the S&P 500 up 0.58% and the Nasdaq up 1.05%, according to BIT data cited by BlockBeats.
Sector moves
Optical-networking names rose, including Credo (+6.3%), Ciena (+5.7%) and Lumentum (+3.4%). Semiconductor shares also gained: AMD rose 3.4%, ASML 2.8% and Nvidia 2.5%. Storage stocks Western Digital and Seagate added about 3.9% and 3.2%.
Crypto-linked and large-cap shares
Crypto-linked shares listed in the flash included BNB Standard (+11%), Strategy (+7.5%), Bitmine (+5.0%), Circle (+4.5%), MARA (+4.1%), Robinhood (+3.8%) and Coinbase (+3.6%). Tesla rose 3.4% and Apple 1.3%, while Google fell about 1.6% and SpaceX rose 7.79%.
VIX fell about 3.64% to 16.68. The percentages are a market snapshot attributed to BIT and do not constitute a forecast or investment recommendation.