Storage stocks lead gains as SK Hynix rises more than 7%; Meta jumps 6%

U.S. stocks closed with storage shares higher, led by SK Hynix, which rose more than 7%. Micron Technology gained more than 2% and SanDisk advanced more than 1%. Optical communications stocks also climbed, with Marvell Technology up more than 4% and Lumentum higher by more than 1%. Meta rose more than 6% after launching Muse, a personal AI agent (software that performs tasks for users). Apple fell 0.28% after unveiling the iPhone 18 Pro series and its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo.