AMD Stock Jumps as Intel’s AI CPU Boom Puts $500 Billion in Sight

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices jumped over 7% in U.S. premarket trading Friday, as a surge in central processor names followed Intel’s numbers, which flagged mounting AI data-center appetite outside the graphics chips that have led the sector. AMD and Arm both traded higher; investors are now wagering that answering AI queries—known as inference—will drive heavier use of CPUs in big server clusters.

Intel Stock Price Jumps After 18A PC Launch Gives Wall Street Fresh Turnaround Proof

Intel Stock Price Jumps After 18A PC Launch Gives Wall Street Fresh Turnaround Proof

Intel finished Wednesday up 7.1% at $47.18 after unveiling its Core Ultra Series 3 business PCs, the first to use its 18A manufacturing process. The new lineup is set to power over 125 different designs, with shipments kicking off March 31. Along with that, Intel introduced its Arc Pro B70 and B65 graphics cards. David Feng, a vice president in the client computing group, described this as Intel’s “most expansive and capable commercial portfolio” yet. Executive Anil Nanduri pointed to the Arc Pro range as built for “AI builders at scale.”
US economic calendar today: Jobless claims, JOLTS hit as Wall Street futures steady

US economic calendar today: Jobless claims, JOLTS hit as Wall Street futures steady

U.S. stock index futures were largely flat early Thursday as traders waited for weekly jobless claims and a delayed report on job openings, and weighed Alphabet's new AI spending plan ahead of Amazon's results later in the day. By 5:16 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis, futures contracts tied to the index, were down 36 points, or 0.07%, while S&P 500 E-minis were up 9 points, or 0.13%, and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 78.25 points, or 0.31%. Alphabet fell 2.4% in premarket trading after laying out capital expenditure plans that could nearly double this year, while Qualcomm slid 10.4% and Arm dropped 7%; chip names such as Broadcom rose, and “unforgiving scrutiny over AI capex continues to spook investors,” said Thomas Monteiro, senior analyst at Investing.com.
AI stocks climb: Alibaba jumps on chip-IPO report, Arm rallies as Intel earnings loom

AI stocks climb: Alibaba jumps on chip-IPO report, Arm rallies as Intel earnings loom

Shares of Alibaba Group listed in the U.S. jumped 5.9% to $178.69 on Thursday after reports emerged that the Chinese tech giant plans to take its chip unit, T-Head, public. The news reignited interest in AI-related stocks during the morning session. Meanwhile, Arm gained 5.4%, and Nvidia saw a 0.9% rise.

Stock Market Today 10.01.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: January 10, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: January 10, 2026, 11:58 PM EST ROHM valuation under scrutiny after year of strong shareholder returns (TSE:6963) January 10, 2026, 11:58 PM EST. ROHM (TSE:6963) has drawn fresh attention after a strong run. The stock rose 3.5% today, 7.4% over the week and 10.8% over the month, lifting the 12-month total shareholder return to 66.9%. Year-to-date, the price is up 4.7%. With the price at ¥2,385, it sits above a central fair value of ¥2,204.55. Analysts' targets diverge: a consensus around ¥1,966.364, with extremes from ¥1,300 to ¥2,550. The market prices
Tesla Stock Slips Premarket as CES Robotics, Self-Driving Race Keeps Pressure on TSLA

Tesla Stock Slips Premarket as CES Robotics, Self-Driving Race Keeps Pressure on TSLA

Tesla shares slipped 0.4% to $431.41 in premarket trading on Thursday, with investors weighing a new round of CES headlines around robots and self-driving that keep attention on the company’s robotaxi and humanoid-robot ambitions. U.S. stock index futures were also lower, with S&P 500 e-minis down 0.22% and Nasdaq 100 e-minis off 0.31% ahead of Friday’s U.S. jobs report. Reuters
Semiconductor Stocks Today: Nvidia Rebounds, Micron and Chip Equipment Rally, While Broadcom and Arm Lag on Fresh Analyst Calls (Dec. 15, 2025)

Semiconductor Stocks Today: Nvidia Rebounds, Micron and Chip Equipment Rally, While Broadcom and Arm Lag on Fresh Analyst Calls (Dec. 15, 2025)

U.S.-listed semiconductor stocks are trying to steady themselves in late-morning trading on Monday, December 15, 2025, after last week’s AI-driven shakeout rattled the “chip trade.” By around 11:30 a.m. ET, the group is splitting into clear winners and losers: AI accelerators and memory names are back in favor, semiconductor equipment makers are surging on upbeat 2026–2027 demand forecasts, and several “old-economy” chip exposures—analog and smartphones—are under pressure following high-profile downgrades. Reuters+1