High-signal headlines only - macro events, earnings, M&A, regulatory. Listicles and analyst clickbait filtered out by default. Refreshed hourly.
By Stephen Nellis and Aditya Soni SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 (Reuters) - Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip
Wedbush has reiterated its bullish stance on technology stocks after Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU), the US memory chipmaker, delivered a quarter that the broker said should alleviate investor concerns over the sector. Analyst Dan Ives said the results showed the memory and chip trade...
The Federal Reserve's primary inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, showed the 12-month inflation rate hitting its highest level since October 2023, as Wall Street expected. S&P 500 futures are solidly higher early Thursday after a three-session losing streak sparked in part by the prospect for tighter monetary policy under new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. Rate-hike expectations have sent the U.S. dollar surging to its highest level in more than a year, even as prospects for rate hikes by other global central banks have faded with tumbling oil prices.
Western Digital stock and shares of hard-disk drive rival Seagate Technology rallied after Micron's results.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Thursday ahead of a key inflation gauge. Micron stock rocketed 17% on earnings.
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher this morning, after all the big funds and portfolio managers may have shown their hands on Wednesday, as the tech and chip stocks sell-off resumed after stocks started higher in the morning but faded in the afternoon. The tech sell-off came before Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) posted huge ... Here Are Thursday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Brown-Forman, CoreWeave, Intel, JFrog, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Klarna Group, Qualcomm, Shift 4 P
Micron is signing customers to long-term contracts, a significant strategic shift.
A massive Micron earnings beat has lifted global markets, pushing crypto higher after yesterday's nasty sell off took BTC sub-$60k.
"Buy low and sell high" is one of the oft-repeated adages on Wall Street. But it's not working as many S&P 500 investors "buy high and sell higher."
Asian stock markets largely joined the global tech rally Thursday, which was re-ignited late Wednesd
June 25 (Reuters) - What matters in U. and global markets today , Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Micron Technology's impressive earnings update and demand forecasts on Wednesday have reheated the shaky chip sector, lifting the trillion-dollar memory chip maker's stock about 14% overnight and igniting a tech rally around the world on Thursday.
Micron Technology (MU) shares jumped early Thursday as the semiconductor manufacturer provided a fis
<body><p>STORY: From chip stocks getting a fresh boost... to where chip workers have become among the most desirable partners.. This is AI Weekly.</p><p>:: AI Weekly</p><p>Chip stocks rebounded after bullish outlooks from U.S. firms Micron Technology and Qualcomm.</p><p>Micron said customers had committed to spend $22 billion on its chips.</p><p>It also forecast quarterly profit and revenue well above expectations, sending its shares 12% higher in after-hours trading.</p><p>Landsberg Bennett Chief Investment Officer Michael Landsberg says the AI boom has been transformational for memory chip makers like Micron:</p><p>“What’s happened in this space has been, typically this used to be more of a commodity, and so what’s happened now with AI, a lot of these chips are needed to make AI work faster and better so the demand has really been strong across the entire sector.”</p><p>Donald Trump has said Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture its chips in the U.S.</p><p>The move would be a major boost for the American chipmaker's efforts to turn around its business.</p><p>A contract with Apple would lock in steady demand from the iPhone maker.</p><p>That would boost Intel's reputation and sales as it looks to close the gap with rival TSMC.</p><p>Oracle's total workforce declined 13%, or about 21,000 employees, in its fiscal 2026.</p><p>It's as the cloud computing giant continued restructuring its business... partly driven by the adoption of AI across its operations.</p><p>Up to 3,000 Santander employees in Spain could also be offered early retirement.</p><p>That's as the bank braces for impacts brought on by AI, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported on Wednesday.</p><p>SK Hynix overtook Samsung Electronics to become South Korea's most valuable listed company.</p><p>Shares in what is now the world's most valuable memory chipmaker rose to bring the company's market capitalization to $1.35 trillion. </p><p>Employees at chip factories are also now part of South Korea’s A-list. </p><p>Some workers at Samsung’s chip division are set for bonuses of about $416,000.</p><p>Around 14 times South Korea’s average annual salary.</p><p>Chip workers now rival doctors and lawyers as the nation’s most desirable partners.</p><p>Lee Sung-mi from matchmaking agency Sunoo says tech staffers now rate very highly:</p><p>"Scores for Samsung Electronics employees have recently risen from 83 to 87. As for clients who work at SK Hynix, their scores are expected to climb from around 80 to 83—showing just how highly favored the company has become."</p></body>
MU's Q3 call highlights AI-driven memory supply constraints, take-or-pay SCAs and a stronger Q4 outlook as management plans heavier spending.
Micron stock was surging as the company delivered reassurance the memory-chip boom can last for longer than expected.
↗️ Micron Technology (MU): The memory-chip maker said revenue quadrupled in the second quarter and that it expects the chip shortage to extend beyond 2027. Shares surged 17% premarket. ↗️ Sandisk (SNDK), Western Digital (WDC), Qualcomm (QCOM): Memory makers and other stocks tied to the AI buildout also rallied ahead of the bell.
The yen was flat against the dollar. RBC Capital Markets said the yen is unlikely to recover until next year when the BOJ slows quantitative tightening.
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures point higher on Thursday, with technology shares leading gains after strong results from Micron and upbeat forecasts from Qualcomm reignited optimism around the artificial intelligence trade.
The US chipmaker Micron Technology has reported quarterly revenue and profit far above Wall Street's expectations, as insatiable demand for the memory chips that power AI transformed the firm's fortunes.View on euronews
Retail sentiment remained split, with Stocktwits data showing SPY sentiment stuck in bearish territory while QQQ sentiment at bullish.
U.S. stock futures pointed higher after Micron Technology’s expectation-thumping earnings reignited optimism in the AI boom.
Sebastian Raedler, head of European equity strategy at Bank of America, discusses his concern that the tech rally is overdone after US chipmaker Micron gained on a blockbuster sales forecast. "Who is going to pay for this capital expenditure that is basically fueling the Micron demand," Raedler asks during an interview on Bloomberg Television.
The Nikkei Stock Average rose 4.6% to a fresh closing high of 72366.34 after memory-chip maker Micron Technology's blockbuster results soothed investor concerns over huge spending on artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."
Stocks looked set to rally after memory-chip maker Micron’s strong earnings and guidance breathed some life into the artificial-intelligence trade, which has stumbled in recent sessions. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 2% on Thursday. S&P 500 futures gained 0.7%.
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
We use Google Analytics to count anonymous page views and understand which content gets read. No ads, no profiles. Decline keeps you on cookieless mode. Details.
