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chip leader Nvidia jumped 6.8% in premarket trading, breaching
the $1,000 mark for the first time ever and on track to add
about $155 billion in market value if gains hold.
The semiconductor bellwether also announced a stock split,
following an over 90% surge in its shares this year and a
threefold jump in 2023 that have made Nvidia the third-most
valuable U.S. stock.
"Nvidia's earnings supported our expectations that the AI rally
has plenty of more room to run... We stay positive on the AI
trend and maintain our preference for big tech given the
advantageous market positions," said Mark Haefele, chief
investment officer at UBS Global Wealth Management.
Other chip stocks including Advanced Micro Devices, Micron
Technology, Broadcom, and Arm Holdings advanced between 2.2% and
3.8%.
AI-related stocks also rose, with Super Micro Computer, C3.ai,
Palantir Technologies and SoundHound AI gaining between 1.4% and
4.4%.
Meanwhile, Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Wednesday
as investors digested minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest
policy meeting. Rate-setters indicated they still had faith
price pressures would ease at least slowly in coming months, but
doubts emerged about whether the current level of interest rates
was high enough to ensure that outcome.
Traders currently expect the U.S. central bank to reduce its
interest rates by nearly 40 basis points by year-end.
Markets are also eyeing economic data scheduled through the day
including weekly jobless claims, S&P Global flash PMIs and
housing figures.
At 4:44 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 5 points, or 0.01%, S&P
500 e-minis were up 24.5 points, or 0.46%, and Nasdaq 100
e-minis were up 149.5 points, or 0.8%.
The Cboe Volatility Index, also known as Wall Street's "fear
gauge", hit its lowest levels since November 2019.
Among other premarket movers, data cloud analytics firm
Snowflake advanced 4.3% after forecasting second-quarter product
revenue above estimates and raising its annual expectations.
U.S.-listed shares of Taiwanese contract chipmaker TSMC rose
3.2% after forecasting an annual revenue growth of 10% in the
global semiconductor industry, excluding memory chips.
DuPont climbed 4.4% on the U.S. conglomerate's plans to split
into three publicly traded companies.
(Reporting by Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath)
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