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Sandisk could work its way back to this number post-earnings.

Netlist (OTCMKTS:NLST) reported second-quarter revenue of $109.8 million, up 163% from the second quarter of 2025, as demand for difficult-to-source DRAM products and the company’s memory product portfolio supported growth. Chief Executive Officer Chuck Hong said first-half revenue exceeded $200 mi

The South Korean tech giant's memory chip division hit all-time highs on AI server demand, while elevated component costs pushed its mobile unit into the red

South Korean stocks enjoyed a much-needed rally Thursday after a two-day rout as chip giant Samsung reported an eye-watering profit surge thanks to AI-driven demand, though the rest of Asia was mixed and oil held steep gains on fresh Middle East worries. Optimism got a boost Thursday as Samsung posted a 1,813 percent jump in second-quarter operating profit, buoyed by sustained AI-driven demand for memory chips. 

Chip Stocks Tumble as SK hynix Miss Overshadows AI Demand Strength

Well-received earnings from Unilever, Croda and GSK spurred gains on the blue-chip FTSE 100.

South Korea's Kospi fell 10% and Nasdaq-100 futures dropped more than 1% as semiconductor names slid for a fourth session

SK hynix (NASDAQ:SKHY) shares jumped 6. 2% in pre-market trading to $164.

South Korea’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter after robust first-quarter, but remained resilient as brisk chip exports offset weak private consumption and construction investment.

The unwind in artificial intelligence and momentum stocks is entering its maturing stage and should not trigger prolonged market weakness, according to JP Morgan. The bank's equity strategists, led by Mislav Matejka, noted a challenging few weeks for AI-linked groups, with Korea's market down...

The move could set the stage for another round of the recent yo-yo trade, with weakness in Korean chip stocks spilling over to U.S. semiconductor names and vice versa.

The company’s second upgrade to annual guidance is a sign that companies are scrambling for its semiconductor-making tools in the race to build AI infrastructure.

SK Hynix shares fell more than 15% in Seoul on Monday, its biggest one-day decline in nearly two decades, as investors in Seoul cashed out of a scorching share price rally following its Nasdaq debut last week. The company's U.S.-listed shares dropped ‌9.2% to $152.50 in premarket trading on Monday after jumping more than 12% in its Nasdaq debut on Friday. Korean stocks extended losses after trading resumed after President Lee Jae Myung on Monday reiterated that the government would help speed up ​projects to build chip fabs in investments worth hundreds of billions of dollars, as outlined by Samsung and SK Hynix.

Investing.com -- South Korean stocks are trading at their cheapest valuations on record despite an 80% rally this year, as corporate earnings, led by AI-driven memory chip demand, have outpaced gains in share prices, according to Bloomberg.

“Gradually and then suddenly” is the way in which Mike Campbell, the wealthy but aimless character from Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, describes his bankruptcy. The market is changing, quietly and efficiently, heading into the start of a crucial second quarter earnings season that could either underscore the bull case for tech stocks over the back half of the year or test investor patience for long-awaited profits from the artificial intelligence boom. The which hit its latest all time high in early June, slipped into negative territory for the past month on Tuesday, led to the downside by the ongoing slump in tech stocks that have led the market for much of the past four years.

S&P 500 companies are expected to report 23.3% earnings growth for Q2, the second straight quarter above 20% and far above the average growth rate of 16.4% over the past five years, according to FactSet. The key question for markets, according to famed investment strategist Ed Yardeni, is whether analysts got carried away after Q1 earnings and set the bar too high. "The big risk up ahead is that technology companies, especially the hyperscalers, won't beat analysts' overly optimistic earnings growth estimates for the quarter," Yardeni wrote in Monday note.

Shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are down 10% in Tuesday morning trading to $110, while Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock is off 8% to $508. The moves cap a sharp reversal after both names rallied Monday. The declines are part of a broader chip selloff triggered by Samsung Electronics’ quarterly report. Equipment maker Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) ... Intel and Applied Materials Dive 10%, AMD Craters 8% as Samsung Earnings Trigger Chip Selloff

Memory and storage stocks are selling off sharply in early trading Tuesday, reversing Monday’s rebound. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) shares are down 7% to $917, SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock is off 7% to $1,616, and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) shares are dropping 7% to $537. The selling extends across the group. Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) stock is down 5% ... Micron, SanDisk, and Western Digital Sink 7% as Samsung Earnings Spark a Memory Selloff

Samsung Electronics stock dived even after it forecast a 19-fold increase in operating profit from the same period a year earlier.

US markets are set for a mixed open on Tuesday, with technology stocks expected to come under pressure after Samsung delivered record quarterly profits that still failed to satisfy investors, raising fresh questions about AI valuations. Nasdaq futures were down 1.1% ahead of the opening bell,...

Samsung stock fell nearly 7% in South Korea despite a 19-fold surge in quarterly operating profit, dragging tech indexes lower worldwide

Investors wiped more than $80 billion off Samsung's market value on concerns that AI infrastructure spending may not sustain the memory chip boom

Samsung Electronics' posted a record quarterly profit on Tuesday but this failed to reassure investors, with the sharp sell-off in the world's largest memory chipmaker expected to weigh on AI and technology stocks when Wall Street opens. The South Korean technology giant announced its...

Samsung results spark declines across semiconductor sectorMicron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) shares fell 4. 9% in premarket trading on Tuesday, extending a broader decline across the memory semiconductor industry after Samsung Electronics’ latest earnings update prompted selling throughout the sector.

Samsung previewed record quarterly results today. Analysts had been expecting around $56 billion in operating profit for the quarter, according to FactSet. Operating profit is set to jump 19-fold compared to a year earlier, from around $3 billion in the second quarter of 2025.

Samsung’s stock slid in Korea even as the company posted stellar Q2 preliminary results; retail traders believe strong performance was already priced into the shares.

Record profit expectations put the memory giant at the center of the AI investment story.

Samsung Electronics earnings, SK Hynix’s U.S. listing and TSMC’s June sales will give investors fresh clues on demand for AI memory chips and the durability of this year’s semiconductor rally.

Investors are assessing strong momentum for hardware companies in the first half of the year.

July 6 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.