India, July 9 -- The US stock market traded with a positive tone on July 9th amid rising geopolitical unrest in the Middle East, where gains were driven by a rally in tech stocks. The Nasdaq Composite advanced by 0.66%, closing at 26,041.19, while the S&P 500 increased by 0.42%, reaching 7,513.81. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose only by 0.10%, closing at 52,402.90.

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Dow Jones Today

The Dow Jones was up a bit as Intel (up 4.62%), Cisco (up 3.09%), and Goldman Sachs (up 2.47%) outweighed Alphabet, IBM and Microsoft's decline while the market was watching developments on the geo-political front.

Nasdaq Today

The NASDAQ was the top-performing index, owing to robust performance of shares...