U.S. stocks closed mixed on Oct. 2, with the Dow down 0.02%, the Nasdaq up 0.22% and the S&P 500 up 0.10%, according to Binance market data cited by PANews. Among notable stocks, SKHY gained 5.00%, Strategy (MSTR) rose 4.38%, SanDisk (SNDK) climbed 3.07% and Micron (MU) advanced 2.83%. Riot Platforms (RIOT) fell 2.76%, while Alphabet (GOOGL) declined 1.94%.