On December 5th, the U.S. stock market closed on Wednesday. The Dow index initially closed up 0.69%, the S & P 500 index rose 0.6%, the Nasdaq index rose 1.3%, and the three major stock indexes all hit record closing highs. Cryptocurrency stocks led the market, with MicroStrategy (MSTR. O) rising 8.7% and Coinbase (COIN. O) rising nearly 7%. Intel (INTC. O) fell 2% and NVIDIA (NVDA. O) rose 3.5%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon index closed down 1.38%, JD.com (JD. O) fell more than 3% and Alibaba (BABA. N) fell nearly 1%.