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China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) expects to raise at least 57.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) this month in an initial public offering on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market in what would be Asia's largest share sale so far this year. The offering, which could rise to ‌66.6 billion yuan if the over-allotment option is exercised, would mark a major milestone for a company that has grown to become China's leading maker ‌of DRAM memory chips and a symbol of Beijing's push toward technological self-reliance. Below are some facts about CXMT and why it is capturing investor attention.

Wall Street digests a cooler than expected inflation read and ASML's bullish outlook on the AI bo

The focus turns to Wednesday's release of the Producer Price Index and a wave of earnings.

The focus turns to Wednesday's release of the Producer Price Index after the latest Consumer Price Index data showed the largest single-month decline in inflation since April 2020.

ASML Holding's sales and margin forecasts for the current quarter are above expectations, Jefferies analysts wrote in a note to clients. The Dutch supplier of semiconductor-making equipment is projecting sales between 11 billion and 12 billion euros in the third quarter.

Recent data suggests the streaming giant is losing ground in the battle for screen time.

China's cyberspace ‌regulator said on Wednesday ‌that Apple's on-device generative AI service "Apple Intelligence" ​has been registered for use on iPhones in the country. Apple's intelligence services will incorporate capabilities from Baidu ‌and Alibaba's AI ⁠models, according to a source, who declined to be ⁠named. Apple did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

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Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment improved to ‘bullish’ on SPY and QQQ.

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DaVita is entering earnings with strong momentum as investors look for another quarter of solid execution.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures edged higher on Wednesday after a softer-than-expected inflation reading eased fears that the Federal Reserve may soon raise interest rates.

The carrier's earnings come just days after its rival Delta Air Lines reported but the landscape for the sector has shifted dramatically in that short time.

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

There's more to U.S. inflation than just energy prices.

The stock has a lot riding on the company's second-quarter report.

Investing.com - U.S. Treasury yields and euro zone government bond yields held high on Wednesday an aggressive escalation in the Middle East reignited inflation anxieties, completely overshadowing cooling inflation data.

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Investors can gain exposure to the space boom through established defense contractors benefiting from Golden Dome spending without relying on SpaceX alone.

Teradyne is expected to release its fiscal Q2 earnings this month, and analysts project solid EPS growth.

JPM raises its 2026 NII outlook as strong markets, resilient consumers and broad momentum lift the revenue view.

Citi says its strong Q2 reflects a stronger franchise and is using the momentum to accelerate investments aimed at supporting more durable returns.

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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.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) reported second-quarter 2026 net sales and gross margin above its own guidance, driven by stronger-than-expected demand from its installed base business and continued customer investment tied to artificial intelligence, memory and advanced logic production. Roger Dassen, ASML’s e

Intel has decided to use a high-end machine from ASML to ‌manufacture some of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips, ASML ‌said on Tuesday, a move that will help the chipmaker learn to use ​the tool more effectively. Following experiments that began in 2024, Intel has begun to use ASML's next-generation high numerical aperture (High NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines, which print circuit patterns on to microchips, to help produce a ‌portion of its Panther ⁠Lake processors, ASML said. The industry has debated at what point it makes economic sense to begin deploying the ⁠High NA tools, which likely will be needed by chipmakers in the future as they continue to shrink the atomic-sized features that ​make up ​chips.

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ASML, the world's biggest supplier ‌of equipment used ‌to manufacture computer chips, ​on Wednesday reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and profit, as demand from ‌makers of ⁠artificial intelligence chips offset uncertainty over ⁠sales to China. Revenue for the three months ​ended June ​30 ​was 9.33 ‌billion euros ($10.90 billion), compared with the 8.80 billion euros expected by analysts, according to LSEG ‌median estimates. Net income was ​2.92 ​billion euros, ‌compared with the 2.62 ​billion ​euros expected, according to LSEG data.

Despite a dip in full-year revenue, Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) projects significant growth in fiscal 2027, driven by robust demand and expanded manufacturing capacity.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Europe's most valuable company and the top supplier of chip-making equipment reports on Wednesday with the AI rally getting