NEW YORK, April 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Monday with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on an upbeat note.

       Shares of JD.com and NetEase increased 3.23 percent and 2.92 percent, respectively, leading the gainers in the top 10 stocks in the index.

       Shares of Alibaba Group Holding and BeiGene dipped 0.75 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively, the only two decliners in the top 10 stocks.

       U.S. stocks finished higher in choppy trading on Monday, buoyed by a rally in tech names.

       The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 238.06 points, or 0.70 percent, to 34,049.46. The S&P 500 added 24.34 points, or 0.57 percent, to 4,296.12. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased 165.56 points, or 1.29 percent, to 13,004.85.

       The Cboe Volatility Index, widely considered as the best fear gauge in the stock market, fell 4.22 percent to 27.02.

       As of Friday, the S&P U.S. Listed China 50 index, which is designed to track the performance of the 50 largest Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges by total market cap, stood at 2,125.91, marking a 9.47-percent slide for the month-to-date returns and a 28.62-percent loss for the year-to-date returns.