Tech stocks ripped higher on Wednesday despite a sharply hotter-than-expected April Producer Price Index reading that rekindled inflation anxieties and rate-hike fears, as strength in semiconductors fueled investor sentiment. Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) rallied for the sixth straight session to above $226 per share, with the company’s market cap soaring above $5.5 trillion ahead of next week’s highly awaited earnings report. Speaking via Truth Social shortly before landing in Beijing, Trump told
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Intel's rally added more than $440 billion in market value as AI optimism and Nvidia backing lifted semiconductor shares.
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<body><p>STORY: :: Lisa Bernhard, Reuters</p><p>:: Ross Mayfield, Investment Strategist, Baird</p><p>The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rallied to record highs on Friday, boosted by gains in semiconductor stocks, while a stronger-than-expected jobs report pointed to labor market resilience.</p><p>Speaking with Reuters' Lisa Bernhard, Mayfield said that with April's nonfarm payrolls data "building on last month's strong report... you start to feel like maybe the labor market is turning a corner."</p><p>Meanwhile, shares of Intel joined the chip rally late Friday, soaring as high as 19%, after the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the company had reached a preliminary deal to make some chips for Apple devices.</p><p>"I certainly wouldn't want to stand in front of this momentum-driven sector," Mayfield said of the recent chip rally. "In my mind, it can't be a bubble if earnings are keeping up with price."</p></body>
Shares of Intel are up more than 15% in afternoon trading, building on morning gains after The Wall Street Journal reported that the chip maker had struck a deal with Apple to make some of the chips that power its devices.
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Apple stock on Thursday cleared a five-month consolidation pattern and hit a record high. In morning trades on the stock market today, Apple hit an all-time high of 292.13. In recent trades, Apple stock rose more than 1% to 290.91.
Tech stocks came roaring back in April, bolstered by strong earnings and a fresh wave of enthusiasm for AI-linked shares. But there's something else under the surface that has also helped the rally along, according to JPMorgan Chase: Share buybacks.
Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) reported quarterly earnings and guidance that surpassed Wall Street expectations, while highlighting strong customer demand for its recently launched artificial intelligence-focused data center processor. Despite the upbeat results, U.
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Arm Holdings forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, benefiting from higher adoption of its chip technology as tech companies spend heavily on artificial intelligence compute. Arm shares jumped 12% in after-hours trading, but reversed course to drop 5.49% after executives told analysts on a conference call that they have not yet secured supplies to meet the demand for a new chip and after analysts probed about the costs of getting into the business of making its own chips. The company expects quarterly revenue of $1.26 billion, compared with analysts' estimates of $1.25 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.
Apple is hitting on all cylinders, positioning itself for a seamless transition in the executive suite this fall.