[U.S. Stock Market Close: Mixed Performance Among Major Indexes, Tesla Hits Record High] Jin10 News, December 17 – U.S. stocks closed on Tuesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminarily down 0.6%, the S&P 500 Index down 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index up 0.2%. Tesla (TSLA.O) rose 3%, hitting a new record high, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) gained nearly 1%, and Circle (CRCL.N) surged nearly 10%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed down 0.34%, with NetEase (NTES.O) dropping nearly 2%.