US equity markets delivered a mixed session on Friday. According to data sourced from MSX.COM, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.73% and the S&P 500 added 0.41%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 0.09%. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) eased 4.11%. Despite the slight dip in the Nasdaq, artificial intelligence-linked stocks rallied broadly across the board, becoming the standout theme of the day. Tempus AI soared 10%, AeroVironment jumped 6.75%, semiconductor firm Marvell advanced 4.9%, and cloud communications company Twilio along with tech titan Alphabet gained 4.13% and 3.68%, respectively.
The market data was provided by MSX.com, a leading trading platform specializing in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The exchange has listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering top US stocks and ETFs such as Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, TSMC and AMD. By mapping equity assets onto on-chain tokens, MSX offers investors a novel avenue to participate in the AI-driven equity wave through blockchain infrastructure.