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Look at the most actively traded stocks on the S&P 500 this morning and you'll find some of the past few days' usual suspects: After powering the index to a fresh record Friday, chipmakers are the stocks changing hands the most this morning, extending their breakneck run-up.

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Investing.com -- Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) shares rose 5.75% Monday as labor unrest at Samsung Electronics and supply constraints drove optimism, with Deutsche Bank setting a $1,000 price target for the memory-chip maker, matching the Street high.

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing lower before the opening bell Monday as the US rejecte

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The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department said, far exceeding expectations. The unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 4.3%. The jobs report puts the Federal Reserve’s focus squarely on inflation data when it comes to determining its next move on interest rates.

Micron Technology stock went parabolic last week, rising 15% in a single session on May 8. Over the last five trading sessions, the chip stock has risen almost 40% and returned 137% year-to-date. Valued at amarket cap of $729 billion, Micron (MU) is among the largest semiconductor companies ...

The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department said, far exceeding expectations. The unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 4.3%. Intel shares rose 14% after The Wall Street Journal reported that the chip maker struck a preliminary deal to supply chips to Apple.

The Nasdaq notched its best six-week streak since 2009 as a surge in semiconductor shares continues.

Western Digital and Seagate have overtaken Nividia and Micron since the ChatGPT launch.

US benchmark equity indexes were higher intraday as traders parsed the latest jobs report, while oil

Memory-chip stocks rallied on Friday amid heightened spending on AI data centers. Micron stock and Sandisk both hit record highs.

Micron's AI memory rally is still running hot.

May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as a recovery in chipmakers helped offset worries about renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, while investors looked ahead to a crucial employment

Nintendo and Sony both flagged the impact from surging memory prices on their games businesses on Friday, as the artificial intelligence boom constrains chip supply and deepens disruptions across the tech sector. "Super Mario" maker Nintendo said that higher component costs, particularly memory, and the impact of tariffs is expected to add roughly 100 billion yen ($638 million) to costs in the current financial year. President Shuntaro Furukawa said the higher component costs, along with factors including exchange rates, were reflected in Nintendo's decision to hike prices of its Switch 2.

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Shares of Sandisk Corporation (SNDK) have been flying high as investors pile into semiconductor names and memory-related stocks. The stock has surged nearly 100% over the past month and closed at $1,409.98 on May 6, extending a massive rally that has pushed shares up nearly 500% year to date, ...

The stock market has soared to record highs in recent weeks, and one sector has been doing a lot of the work.

The incredible demand for hard disk drives and a favorable pricing environment have supercharged Seagate stock in 2026.

Samsung reaches $1 trillion market cap on booming demand for high-bandwidth memory for AI.

Sandisk and Micron are now generating around 80 cents of gross profit for every dollar of revenue. That compares to a wide range historically, from single digits to around 60 cents on the dollar. That seems unsustainably high for companies in the very expensive business of physically manufacturing chips, but AI demand is changing the game.

U.S. semiconductor stocks rose on Wednesday as Advanced Micro Devices' strong outlook boosted investor confidence about sustained demand for AI infrastructure and that a ‌shift toward CPUs would spur the next leg of spending. AMD jumped nearly 18% in premarket ‌trading and is on track to hit a record high if gains hold in market hours, while rival Intel rose 6%. Chip designer Arm Holdings soared 11%, while Qualcomm gained about 4%.

Profits have never been a sure thing in the volatile industry. Memory chip makers Micron Technology and Sandisk as well as hard-drive makers Seagate and Western Digital have all produced annual operating losses at least once in just the last three years. Sandisk and Micron are now generating around 80 cents of gross profit for every dollar of revenue.

It’s unusual for Apple (AAPL) to signal anything about its suppliers, but Tim Cook broke from that pattern, a move that has clear implications for Micron Technology (MU) investors. For perspective, Micron has ridden a tidal wave of AI memory demand over the past several quarters, a trend ...

Investors are no longer just chasing the GPUs that train AI models. They're also chasing the memory and storage needed to keep those systems running.

Micron stock surged on continued strong demand for its memory chips. Fitch also upgraded its credit rating.

Micron stock surged on continued strong demand for its memory chips. Fitch also upgraded its credit rating.

8.30am: Oil prices ease, as Hegseth plays down Strait fighting Crude oil futures have eased further, as US defence officials struck a cautious tone on the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iranian actions remain below the threshold for a wider conflict, despite continued harassment of shipping. In...

Dow Jones Futures: Iran attacks sparked stock market losses Monday. Palantir stock rallied on earnings late.

Stock futures were falling Monday, putting a record-breaking rally for the and in jeopardy as Iran state media reported that the country struck a U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military’s Central Command denied the report. Shares of eBay jumped 8.1% to $112.40.