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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

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,...

US stock index futures traded cautiously on Tuesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high in the previous session, while investors weighed another strong earnings update from Samsung Electronics (USOTC:SSNHZ) alongside fresh comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller. Futures pause after Wall Street recordsBy 03:02 ET (07:02 GMT), futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed.

July 7 (Reuters) - Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped on Tuesday on declines in chip stocks over concerns about the sustainability of the AI-driven rally despite strong results from Samsung

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.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index fell Monday, while tech futures rallied. Micron stock and Sandisk rebounded in premarket trading.

Intel was leading a chip-sector recovery, while memory storage stocks Sandisk and Western Digital were also climbing.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures also rose Monday, with traders eyeing Fed minutes due Wednesday from Chair Kevin Warsh's first meeting

Investing.com -- Memory and storage stocks are climbing in premarket trading on Monday, with Micron up 2.2%, SanDisk gaining 3.6%, Western Digital rising 3.4% and Seagate adding 1.8%, as bullish analyst notes pointed to pricing upside and durable AI-driven demand.

Intel was leading a chip-sector recovery, while memory storage stocks Sandisk and Western Digital were also climbing.

July 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures rose on Monday as chip stocks stabilized after recent weakness, while a fall in oil prices helped extend a rally that lifted the main U.S. indexes the previous

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SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) closed out the holiday-shortened week as the Nasdaq’s biggest loser, ending Thursday at $1,745 a share, down 26% for the week, according to Seeking Alpha. Micron (MU), Western Digital (WDC), Seagate (STX) and Teradyne (TER) fell alongside it, each posting double-digit weekly ...

Many of this year’s hottest stocks are the biggest decliners in premarket trading Thursday after sharp drops in the previous session.

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

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

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed up +1.18%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.59%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.25%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +1.20%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Shares stumbled Friday after gaining 22% on Micron earnings. Still, the stock could close lower on the week.

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Micron Rockets Higher, Dragging Global Chip Stocks Into Green Zone

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq dropped nearly half a percent.</p><p>Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, as investors worried about hyperscaler spending on AI and who foots the bill.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Those fears outweighed upbeat signals on AI demand from Micron, which gained nearly 16%, while shares of Sandisk soared 22%.</p><p>Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, notes that it's memory chip makers that are now leading the charge.&nbsp;</p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well is that they're memory chips. And you have to have memory, specifically DRAM or H-band memory, if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing if you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another. So one of the reasons that these stocks have done so well and the growth at Micron is so solid is because a recent redesign in the server technology means we go from eight memory chips per server to 96. That's 12 times growth in demand for this one simple component."</p><p>The surging prices of memory and storage chips prompted Apple on Thursday to hike prices for its iPads and MacBooks. That weighed on the stock, sending it down more than 6%. Shares of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet also dropped.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Bio-Techne jumped after Merck agreed to acquire the biotech firm for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Commerce data on Thursday showed the annual inflation rate through May rose above 4% for the first time in three years, but oil prices this week fell to below pre-war levels.</p></body>

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.14%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.46%. The S&P 500 also edged down slightly.

AI chip rally powers gains as inflation data looms.

The chipmaker's fiscal third-quarter results topped expectations across the board, lifting chip stocks worldwide

Western Digital stock and shares of hard-disk drive rival Seagate Technology rallied after Micron's results.

June 25 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures jumped 2% on Thursday after upbeat forecasts from chipmakers Micron and Qualcomm pointed to strong demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, lifting

Micron blew past expectations for third-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday.

Shares of chipmakers surged late on Wednesday, adding over $400 billion in market ‌value after strong forecasts from Micron Technology and Qualcomm ‌breathed fresh life into Wall Street's recently waning AI stock rally. Micron surged ​12% in extended trade after forecasting quarterly earnings above analysts' estimates, signaling that heavy investments in AI-related infrastructure will drive strong demand for its memory chips. Also after the bell, Qualcomm ‌said it expects $15 billion ⁠in sales from its data center business by 2029 as it moves beyond its core smartphone ⁠chip business and shifts its focus to AI.