Key Takeaways The S&P 500 added 0.6% on Monday, Jan. 6, led by a surge in semiconductor stocks as the first full week of the new year began.Teradyne shares pushed higher as Northland Securities analysts highlighted upside potential for the company's electronic testing equipment.
Semiconductor stocks jumped on Monday, lifted by buoyant news regarding the artificial intelligence sector. The S&P and Nasdaq posted two straight days of gains.
Shares of artificial intelligence (AI) chipmakers like Broadcom ( AVGO -3.29%), Marvell Technology ( MRVL -2.34%), and Arm Holdings ( ARM -2.06%) rallied on Monday. At one point, they were up by 4%, 4.4%, and 5.4%, respectively. As of 1:26 p.m. ET, their gains had moderated to 1.2%, 1.7%, and 4.9%, respectively.
Apple and Nvidia supplier Foxconn posted a record topline in Q4 driven by higher cloud and networking and strong demand from AI servers.
Foxconn reported a record revenue of NT$654.825 billion (approx. US$19.91 billion) in December 2024, thanks to the initial shipments of GB200-related products. This boost contributed to a total annual revenue of NT$6.
The Taiwan-listed assembler of Apple and Nvidia products posted record revenue for the fourth quarter, helped by robust demand for servers to power burgeoning artificial intelligence technologies.
TSMC is entering an unprecedented growth phase, driven by accelerating AI infrastructure demand. Check out why I reiterate a strong buy rating on TSM stock.
Tech companies have been racing o to set up data centers essential for powering generative artificial intelligence applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini, which require
Micron Technologies (MU) shares rose for a second day, climbing 6% after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed Micron’s high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips are being used in Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 50 Blackwell gaming chips.
Micron Technologies (MU) is climbing for a second straight day after Nvidia (NVDA) noted that it was using MU’s chips in its new products. After advancing 10.5% yesterday, the shares are climbing 6% today.