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May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as chip stocks steadied ahead of Nvidia's earnings, which investors view as a crucial test of AI demand amid concerns about

Investing.com --Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) shares rose 3.9% in premarket trading Thursday, while SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) gained 2.2%, as investors assessed the impact of a planned strike at Samsung Electronics (KS:005930).

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Chip stocks are tanking as Treasury yields rise amid inflation.

Futures fell as AI leaders Micron, Sandisk and more keep sliding. Home Depot beat views while Google I/O kicks off.

By Ragini Mathur and Utkarsh Hathi May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. indexes were on track to extend declines and open lower on Tuesday, weighed by a drop in chip stocks and persistent inflation worries despite

China's top flash memory chipmaker YMTC has begun the so-called "tutoring" process ‌for a potential initial public offering, where ‌a company receives formal pre-IPO guidance from an investment bank, ​a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) has hired CITIC Securities, a Chinese state-owned investment bank, to guide its IPO preparation ahead of ‌a potential stock ⁠market listing.

Traders are trimming riskier assets as Middle East tensions, rising yields, and inflation concerns cool tech enthusiasm, today, May 18, 2026.

Chinese memory chipmaker posts more than 20 billion yuan profit as AI-driven DRAM demand lifts pricing.

Ideally, Nvidia will have a big earnings day.

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Investors already factor in cyclicality in the chip industry. The bad news is that they’ve frequently gotten their assessments wrong.

Nvidia (NVDA) stock closed the May 15 trading session 4.42% down at $225.32, according to Yahoo Finance. Micron closed 6.62% lower at $724.66Intel closed 6.18% lower at $108.77AMD closed 5.69% lower at $424.1Broadcom closed 3.32% lower at $425.19Marvell closed 3.12% lower at $176.89 Intel gained ...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -1.24%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.54%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.26%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Applied Materials’ outlook suggests a windfall from AI chipmaking equipment could be coming sooner than expected.

On May 12, I wrote about Micron's relative strength index, or RSI, hitting 85. That was one of the most extreme overbought readings on the daily chart, before the stock pulled back over 7% during the session to breathe. The technical signal was real. So was the concern about chasing a stock up 700% ...

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South Korea's stock market is on track for another superb year as it swats away tariff and energy threats to its economy.

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Applied Materials reports earnings Thursday as investors look for signs that AI-driven chip spending can outweigh slowing sales growth in China.

Applied Materials Stock in Focus Ahead of Key AI-Driven Earnings Test

On May 13, 2026, Nvidia’s latest peak helped drive a tech-led surge even as inflation and oil worries weighed on the Dow.

The latest leg of a blistering Nvidia stock rally fueled fresh records for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Wednesday, after Chief Executive Jensen Huang joined a high-stakes China summit that could determine the next phase of the global AI arms race. Shares of Nvidia rose 2.3%, their sixth consecutive day of gains. In a sign of the chip maker’s dominance over the market, Nvidia in intraday trading became the first company to reach a market capitalization of $5.5 trillion.

Nvidia and other chip stocks tied to the artificial intelligence megatrend received positive analyst reports on Wednesday.

Micron wiped out roughly $100 billion in market value at Tuesday's low, and chip bulls still bought the dip.

The Dow industrials led U.S. stocks lower with fresh signs of growing price pressures from the war weighing on investors.