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after a continuous rise, chinese stocks fell back last night. japanese stocks opened higher today. the bank of japan released the minutes of its july monetary policy meeting, showing that a member of the bank of japan said that it was necessary to raise interest rates in a timely and gradual manner. another member said that the neutral interest rate level was at least around 1%.

dow falls, nasdaq rises

the three major u.s. stock indexes closed mixed, with the dow jones industrial average down 0.7%, the s&p 500 down 0.19%, and the nasdaq up 0.04%. amgen fell more than 5%, and chevron fell more than 2%, leading the dow's decline.

nvidia rose more than 2%, and tesla rose more than 1%.

chinese stocks generally fell, with the nasdaq china golden dragon index falling nearly 3%. 21vianet down nearly 7%. canadian solar down more than 6%.

it is worth noting that according to the list of gains of chinese stocks listed in the us this month, the consumer discretionary, internet, and brokerage sectors have been rising for many consecutive days. nio, which has seen the highest gain this month, has risen by nearly 50%.

major european stock indices closed down, with germany's dax30 index down 0.34%, britain's ftse 100 index down 0.14%, france's cac40 index down 0.5% and europe's stoxx 50 index down 0.47%.

gold continued to rise, with comex gold futures closing up 0.16% at $2,681.3 per ounce; comex silver futures closed down 0.94% at $32.125 per ounce.

the united states once again released important data

on the news front, the latest data released by the united states showed that the annualized total number of new home sales in august was 716,000 units, seasonally adjusted, in line with expectations of 700,000 units. the previous value was revised from 739,000 units to 751,000 units.

in addition, the u.s. mba 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.13% as of the week ending september 20, compared with 6.15% in the previous week.

federal reserve board governor kugler said he strongly supports the fed's 50 basis point rate cut; if inflation develops as expected, he will support further rate cuts in the future; the fed should continue to focus on reducing inflation, while also turning its attention to the maximum employment goal; personal consumption expenditure inflation is expected to be 2.2% in august, and the core personal consumption expenditure inflation rate is expected to be 2.7%, consistent with continued progress in achieving the 2% target.

micron technology surges

after the market closed, the share price of micron technology, the leading us memory chip company, surged by more than 14%.

its latest published operating income showed that revenue in the last fiscal quarter was us$7.75 billion, a year-on-year increase of 93.3%. analysts expected us$7.66 billion, and the company's guidance was us$7.4 billion to us$7.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 81.6% in the last fiscal quarter.

in addition, the company's adjusted operating profit for the last fiscal quarter was us$1.745 billion, compared with a loss of us$1.208 billion in the same period a year ago. analysts expected us$1.58 billion, and the company turned from a loss to a profit of us$941 million in the last fiscal quarter.