US stocks opened lower on Friday as investors continued to rotate out of technology stocks, with chipmakers facing renewed selling pressure despite strong recent earnings and upbeat demand forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 207 points points while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.95%. The S&P 500 declined 0.61%. The latest weakness comes after
Micron Technology’s MU shares fell sharply on Friday, giving up part of the gains recorded earlier in the week despite the memory chipmaker reporting stronger-than-expected quarterly results. The stock declined nearly 5% in premarket trading as weakness spread across the broader semiconductor sector. Other US chipmakers also traded lower, with Intel down just over 3%,
A bruising week for technology stocks has raised fresh questions about whether the artificial intelligence-fuelled market rally is becoming too volatile for comfort. A selloff that began on Monday gathered momentum throughout the week, rippling through markets from Seoul to Silicon Valley. Investors grew uneasy about the sheer scale of spending on AI infrastructure, the
SpaceX (SPCX) shares fell more than 2% on Friday, extending a volatile stretch that has erased the stock’s post-IPO gains as investors continue debating whether Elon Musk’s AI and space ambitions justify one of the world’s richest valuations. The stock traded around $148, below its $150 listing price, after briefly soaring to a record closing
Seagate Technology (STX) shares rose on Friday after Wells Fargo upgraded the data storage company to an Overweight rating. The analyst cited growing confidence in its long-term earnings potential and sustained demand for hard-disk drives (HDDs) driven by artificial intelligence infrastructure. The upgrade comes after Seagate shares pulled back in recent weeks amid concerns over
London’s main FTSE indexes moved higher on Thursday, supported by strong updates from financial and retail companies, while investor attention also turned to renewed takeover interest in easyJet. The blue-chip FTSE 100 rose 0.3% by 0901 GMT. The midcap FTSE 250 climbed 0.7%. Both indexes were on track to record one-week highs, reflecting improved sentiment
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) and Rolls-Royce (RR) shares have gone parabolic this month. IAG jumped to 488p, its highest point since 1997, bringing its year-to-date gains to 14.5%. Rolls-Royce share price jumped to a record high of 1,532p before pulling back to 1,426p. It has jumped by 23% this year, beating the FTSE 100
Wall Street looked ready to give the AI trade another chance on Thursday, but the recovery came with a warning label. Nasdaq futures jumped after Micron and Qualcomm delivered the kind of demand signals investors had been waiting for after a bruising selloff in chip shares. The message was simple: spending on AI infrastructure is
Micron Technology’s latest earnings were not just another strong AI-chip result, but a warning that the next big shortage in artificial intelligence may be hiding in memory. The company reported record fiscal third-quarter revenue of $41.5 billion and adjusted profit of $25.11 per share, both comfortably ahead of Wall Street estimates. Its shares jumped 12%
The S&P 500 Index has surged more than 21% over the past 12 months and is up 7% year to date, adding trillions of dollars in market value. The rally has been fueled by the ongoing artificial intelligence boom, which has driven corporate earnings growth to multi-year highs. Top software stocks are plunging this year