NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 04:59 ET — Premarket
- Micron shares rose about 3.4% in premarket trading, trading near $294 a share.
- A fresh insider filing showed the CFO moved shares into an estate-planning trust, not a sale.
- Traders are watching Fed minutes and year-end data for clues on rates and chip demand into 2026.
Micron Technology shares were up 3.4% in premarket trading on Tuesday, indicating a move to about $294.37.
The early rise comes as memory-chip stocks remain keyed to supply headlines. A Reuters report said the U.S. granted Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix annual licences for 2026 to bring chipmaking equipment into their China facilities, a development that could influence output at two major Micron rivals. 1
Macro catalysts also loom large into year-end, when liquidity can be thin and price swings can look bigger than they are. The dollar held steady ahead of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes, which investors are parsing for clues on the policy path into 2026. 2
Micron also disclosed an insider move in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 4, the filing insiders use to report transactions. Chief financial officer Mark Murphy transferred 35,000 shares into a grantor retained annuity trust — a common estate-planning vehicle — saying the shares were “transferred … as part of estate planning,” the filing showed. 3
Demand signals out of Asia have kept the broader semiconductor narrative supportive. A Reuters poll showed economists expect South Korea’s December exports to rise 9% from a year earlier, with semiconductor shipments up 41.8% in the first 20 days, reflecting strength tied to artificial intelligence spending. 4
U.S. data and holiday schedules could also shape risk appetite in the final stretch of 2025. Initial jobless claims are due on Wednesday, and U.S. stock markets are set to trade on Dec. 31 before closing for the New Year’s Day holiday, MarketWatch reported. 5
Micron’s late-year momentum follows a bullish outlook issued earlier this month as customers ramped spending on data-center hardware. Micron forecast adjusted profit of about $8.42 per share for its current quarter, plus or minus 20 cents, outpacing analysts’ estimates, Reuters reported at the time. 6
Investors continue to frame the trade around pricing power in memory, a market known for sharp boom-and-bust cycles. Counterpoint Research expects prices of both advanced and legacy memory to rise about 30% through the fourth quarter, with another increase possible in early 2026, Reuters reported this month. 7
Micron competes with Samsung and SK Hynix in DRAM — short for dynamic random access memory, a core component in servers and PCs — as well as other memory products. Tight supply can lift margins, while a fast capacity buildout by rivals can cool pricing.
Traders are also eyeing the round-number $300 level, a “psychological” marker that can shape short-term flows simply because many investors anchor to it. Holding above it can draw momentum buyers; slipping back below it can trigger fast profit-taking.
