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August 5 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.

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Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), and KLA (KLAC) sell machines used to manufacture and inspect processors and memory chips. Cloud providers purchase finished processors and memory for artificial intelligence data centers. Chip manufacturers may need more factory equipment when server ...

Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs reshuffled its U.S. Conviction List in its August update, adding Microsoft and five other names while removing Broadcom and three others.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +1.12%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.64%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +2.69%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +1.09%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

VRNS tops Q2 earnings and revenue estimates as SaaS growth, AI security demand and a higher full-year outlook fuel confidence in its growth trajectory.

July 28 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures fell on Tuesday, mirroring a cautious mood across global markets toward AI chip stocks on concerns about hefty corporate spending and rising Chinese competition,

Lam Research reports Q4 earnings on July 29, and the setup heading into that print looks unlike anything its closest rivals can match right now. Three factors separate this semiconductor equipment name from the rest of the AI spending story.

KLAC heads into fiscal Q4 earnings with AI-driven demand and advanced packaging growth, while higher DRAM costs pressure margins.

Applied Materials is set to report its third-quarter results in August, and analysts expect a double-digit earnings increase.

I have covered each of the following four stocks separately over the past few weeks:Micron's historic earnings. Intel's painful turnaround. AMD's server CPU advantage heading into August 4. Applied Materials' wafer equipment supercycle. On July 21, Jim Cramer put them all in the same basket with a ...

Semiconductor stocks were poised to jump on Monday.

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U.S. stock futures were largely higher in early European trade, as positive market sentiment following lower-than-expected inflation data buoyed risk assets.

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Chip stocks continued to whipsaw in volatile trading on Tuesday. But several semiconductor stocks were holding above a key support level.

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Wall Street looked set for a mixed open as investors digested a 23% plunge in IBM shares, another jump in oil prices and the start of the second-quarter earnings season. Dow Jones futures were down 281 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower. Nasdaq futures were pointing...

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Sharp declines for high-flying memory and chipmakers including Intel, Marvell Technology and Applied Materials led a 1.2% decline in the Nasdaq Composite index and a 0.5% drop in the S&P 500. An update on second-quarter results from the South Korean giant had the company projecting record operating profits. Investors feared this reaction was a sign of how future reports for other chipmakers and AI-related tech companies might be received.

Investors weren't happy with Samsung's guidance today, sending a large group of tech names lower in U.S. morning trading. Here are some of the biggest recent declines: Intel (INTC): Down 11% Applied ...

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Michael Burry, famous for his prescient bets against the housing bubble, unveiled bearish positions on Tesla Caterpillar semiconductor manufacturer Applied Materials and an ETF tracking chip makers. Burry said that plans by two of South Korea’s largest tech companies to build a chip hub set off fresh alarm bells about whether the massive sums of money being poured into AI can ever pay off. The PHLX Semiconductor Index, which is tracked by the ETF that Burry is betting against, fell 6.3%.

Tesla, Caterpillar, Applied Materials and an ETF of chip stocks are in the idiosyncratic investor’s crosshairs.

The stock market, and technology names in particular, were falling ahead of the open Wednesday after a strong performance in the previous session.

Global shares were mixed on Wednesday as uncertainty persisted over conflict in the Middle East and access to the crucial Strait of Hormuz despite an initial deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. France's CAC 40 declined 0.3% in early trading to 8,379.92, while the German DAX added 0.3% to 25,069.53. Britain's FTSE 100 dipped 0.1% to 10,484.53.

The list is dominated by semiconductor and computer-hardware manufacturers.

Asian markets were mixed on Monday as selling of artificial intelligence-related shares pulled benchmarks in Japan and South Korea lower, though gains for other stocks helped offset those losses. U.S. futures advanced and oil prices gained, though they remained close to the levels they were at before the Iran war began in late February. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated over the weekend as Iran launched fresh drone and missile attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait in response to new U.S. airstrikes, adding to uncertainties clouding the global economic outlook.