
Chip Stocks Rebound: AMD, Lam Research Jump 11% Each
Chip stocks rebounded as the semiconductor index gained about 6% and the Nasdaq 1.9%, with AMD up 11% on earnings and Lam Research up 11% on a buyback.
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Chip stocks rebounded as the semiconductor index gained about 6% and the Nasdaq 1.9%, with AMD up 11% on earnings and Lam Research up 11% on a buyback.

Kospi was halted and Taiex opened 9% lower as AI stocks slid, with TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix off 10-12% after Wall Street's worst chip day since 2020.

The Cboe Volatility Index surged almost 70% to 28.18 on Thursday, its biggest one-day jump in over two years, as an AI-led selloff hit equity markets.

AI stocks shed about $930 billion as the Nasdaq fell up to 5%, erasing post-election gains on fears of tighter AI regulation under Democratic control.

Intel (INTC) sank 28.6% on weak Q4 guidance, its worst day since 1974, dragging the Nasdaq down 2.9% and the SMH semiconductor ETF down 9.1% on Friday.

Asian AI stocks sank as SK Hynix fell nearly 6%, Tokyo Electron 6% and SoftBank 5.6%, while US tech futures dropped on doubts over AI spending returns.

The Philadelphia semiconductor index fell eight sessions straight, its longest losing run since 2008, before rebounding on Monday as Micron regained $1 trillion.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's eight-session slide, its longest since 2008, erased over $1 trillion and gave the Nasdaq its worst week since June.

SK Hynix fell 11% and Samsung 9% as the KOSPI dropped over 7%, with AI stocks hit by rate and inflation fears before Asian chipmakers rebounded Friday.

Micron Technology stock fell about 4% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost 2.7% after CXMT flagged a denser 4F² DRAM chip design aimed at servers.

Semiconductor shares rose as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gained about 1.3% after Trump ruled out new AI rules, easing policy risk for AI spending.

Micron Technology (MU) tops Wall Street watchlists ahead of September 30 Q4 earnings as analysts project a 992% EPS surge driven by the AI memory supercycle and record high-bandwidth memory demand.

August PCE and September payrolls this week will determine whether the Warsh Fed pushes interest rates higher for a second consecutive meeting.

SK Hynix's Q2 2026 operating income surged 557%, but shares fell 15% after results missed elevated Wall Street estimates, putting the AI memory trade on notice ahead of Micron's report.

Trump dismissed Tehran's 7-day Strait of Hormuz ceasefire proposal as unacceptable Saturday, sending Brent crude back above $105 and crushing equity futures as markets priced in resumed U.S.…

Micron Technology (MU) reports fiscal Q4 2026 earnings Tuesday with $50 billion in revenue on the line, putting the AI memory supercycle's durability to its most consequential test yet.

The U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict has sealed the Strait of Hormuz and shuttered the East-West Crude Oil Pipeline, triggering the largest energy supply disruption in history and halting 31% of global…

The Washington summit produced a tariff pause through January 10 and a structured AI dialogue framework, sending semiconductor and China ADR stocks to their highest levels in months.
SK Hynix is in preliminary talks with Intel over the stalled Ohio fab, exploring a lease or joint venture that would be its first US wafer fabrication presence.
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Qualcomm opens Snapdragon Summit 2026 in Maui on September 22 as AI chip stocks rally on Arm Holdings' 17% surge and fresh 2nm platform reveals loom.

The Nasdaq Composite surged 2.26% to a record 27,122 on Monday, its first all-time closing high since June, as ai stocks and semiconductor leaders powered through the drag of a surprise federal…

SK Hynix and Intel are in exploratory talks that could place the first Korean-designed memory chips on US soil, with structures ranging from a fab lease to a three-way joint venture, reshaping the…

AMD hits $1 trillion in market cap for the first time, joining Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron after 180%-plus year-to-date gains and 50%-plus Q2 revenue growth.

The 10-year Treasury yield eased back to 4.96% Monday as Brent crude fell 3.4%, easing inflation fears and delivering the S&P 500 its first bond-market tailwind since the Fed's September rate hike.

China equities surged Monday as pre-summit talks yielded an AI safety deal, with real estate up 6.9% and semiconductor names bracing for the November 10 tariff truce expiry.

ASML gained 3.04% on September 18 as institutional buyers returned to chip-equipment stocks, judging near-term AI data-center spending cuts less severe than feared.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh raises interest rates to 3.75%-4% and signals another 2026 hike, sending the Dow Jones down 600 points and roiling bond markets.

Micron Technology stock enters September 30 with $100B in HBM take-or-pay contracts and $50B Q4 guidance, making MU Wall Street's clearest real-time AI spending barometer.

Arm Holdings surged more than 6% on September 17, extending its 224% year-to-date gain as AI processor demand firms and supply chain bottlenecks ease across the semiconductor sector.