July 13 news, U.S. stocks closed on Friday, the Dow preliminary closed up 0.62% or 248 points, the S & P 500 index rose 0.55%, the Nasdaq rose 0.63%. Star technology stocks rebounded, Intel (INTC. O), Tesla (TSLA. O) rose nearly 3%, NVIDIA (NVDA. O) rose 1.44%. The Russell 2000 small-cap index extended its gains, closing up 1.09%. Nasdaq China Golden Dragon index closed up 0.59%, NIO (NIO. N) rose 3.95%. The U.S. stock earnings season kicked off, with banks performing differently. Wells Fargo (WFC. N) closed down 5.98% and Bank of New York Mellon (BK. N) rose 5.23%.