Nvidia stock rises as CEO flags China H200 licence progress; NVDA earnings date set
New York, January 29, 2026, 09:38 EST — Regular session NVIDIA shares climbed 1.6% to $191.52 early Thursday after CEO Jensen Huang revealed China is still finalising the licence for its H200 chip, the company’s second most powerful AI processor. “The actual license for H200 is being finalised,” Huang said to reporters in Taipei. Reuters also reported that China has approved ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent to purchase over 400,000 H200 chips, though no purchase orders have followed yet.