Semiconductor stocks fall 5% as investors shift focus from AI demand to margins
U.S. chip stocks fell Thursday, even as TSMC raised its outlook. The sector index dropped nearly 5% in afternoon trading.
SMH ETF Falls Below Key Support as Chip Selloff Trumps Record Earnings
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF dropped 4.2% to $565.69 in early afternoon trade. It went below Wednesday’s $586.09 lower DeMark pivot. This is a short-term support gauge.
Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS) shares fall as AI plan shifts capex burden
Nebius dropped 12.6% to $174.31 as of 1:07 p.m. EDT, wiping out a 2.8% rise from Wednesday. U.S. markets stayed open.
Dow Edges Higher; Health Stock Gains Balance Chip Drop
By midday Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up roughly 109 points, with the U.S. cash session still open. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite slipped.
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) slides as Japan sets 27,500-GPU target for 2028
Nvidia stock lost 2.3% to $207.62 early Thursday. That drop came even after Japan announced a national infrastructure move. The move shows a new challenge. Now, demand over time outweighs a single order.
US Stocks Finish Up Even as 15% Drop in Chips Obscures Broad Sector Shift
U.S. stocks ended higher Wednesday, but chip stocks tumbled. The session saw a split between sectors, not a broader slide. The S&P 500 closed up 0.36% at 7,570.72. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.60% to 26,264.63. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.34% at 52,685.92. After the close, Nasdaq showed the PHLX Semiconductor Index off 2.31% at 12,369.17.
Nvidia’s first China H200 shipments put customer concentration in focus
NVIDIA Corporation has started limited H200 shipments to China while a Financial Times report said it had cut more than half of its approved Asian buyers. Yet the latest accounts point to a sharper investor issue: three direct buyers produced 54% of first-quarter revenue, while customers headquartered in the United States accounted for 78%.
Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) slides as $1B Reflection AI deal fails to reassure on cash conversion
Nebius shares dropped 6.7% in New York Tuesday afternoon, even though Reflection AI agreed to buy over $1 billion in computing capacity. The stock was up almost 3% before the open, flipping the session for about a 10-point swing. Order book scarcity appears to be over.
Nvidia Shares Trail Chip Sector by 65 Points With Asia Sales Review Underway
NVIDIA Corporation is up 9.1% so far in 2026 through Monday, while the PHLX Semiconductor Index jumped 74.3%. That’s a 65.2-point difference, showing investors want AI, but the market isn’t sure how much of the growth Nvidia can actually grab and keep. Yet the figures say something else.
AI stocks signal memory premium starting to fade
AI stocks ended Monday in the red, though losses varied across the sector. A group of three memory and storage plays tied to AI dropped 7.2%, nearly double the 3.7% loss for a set of four compute and foundry names. The split points to investors shortening their view on how long shortage-fueled gains can last, despite healthy order books and continued spend on infrastructure.
Robinhood’s top AI stocks split up $240 billion market cap
Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, Dell Technologies and Cisco Systems lost about $232 billion in combined market value during Monday's regular U.S. session. Meanwhile, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta Platforms picked up a net $6 billion. That left a valuation gap of roughly $238 billion as of 1:52 p.m. EDT.
Vanguard ETF Pair Packs Almost 48% Into Top Nine Stocks
If you split cash half-and-half between Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF and Vanguard Growth ETF, nearly 48% of your portfolio ends up in just nine shared stocks. Those names drove both funds lower Monday. VUG dropped about 1.2% by 12:54 p.m. EDT. VTI and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were both down about 0.7%. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF edged down 0.2%.
Semiconductor Stocks Drop as Korea’s $576 Billion Plan Rattles AI Supply Outlook
U.S. chip stocks dropped hard Monday, with the Philadelphia semiconductor index sliding 3.6% in late-morning deals as Micron Technology, Sandisk, and SK Hynix paced the losses. Oil prices moved higher on renewed U.S.-Iran fighting, spurring a wider risk-off move. “The conflict is testing whether the stock market’s broad-based growth can hold,” said Alex Guiliano, chief investment officer at Resonate Wealth Partners.
Nvidia’s $373 Billion Rally Faces 70% Earnings Jump
Nvidia Corporation gained around $373 billion in market cap over the last five sessions ended Friday, but saw about $69 billion wiped out before markets opened Monday. Chip stocks slipped. Around 8 a.m. ET, Nvidia was trading at $208.11, off 1.35%, after the $210.96 close on Friday.
Nvidia Stock Rallies $393 Billion in Two Days; CPI Is Next
NVIDIA Corporation finished Friday at $210.96, a gain of 4.0% on the day and 8.3% for the week. That move added around $393 billion in market cap, based on the same number of shares outstanding. Nasdaq’s main session will stay shut on Sunday, with trading starting up again Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
AI stocks clear $26.5 billion test, memory chip trade now in focus
AI names wrapped up a volatile week, with the standout move tied to a big share sale rather than any earnings news. SK Hynix pulled in $26.5 billion after demand topped supply by over seven times. Its American depositary receipts—U.S. certificates for overseas shares—ended Friday at $168.01, up 12.8% from the $149 offering price. Nasdaq Composite rose 1.7% this week while the S&P 500 added 1.2%.
Dow Jones Wraps Session With 150-Point Gain, Two Stocks Account for Most of Move
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 149.68 points, or 0.29%, to 52,637.09 on Friday. But most of that gain came from two stocks. Caterpillar and Nvidia drove about 127 points together—about 85% of the Dow’s move—using the index’s per-dollar sensitivity of roughly 5.94 points for each $1 change in a component.
Nvidia Led S&P 500 Friday Gains With Nearly 70%, Small Caps Dropped
NVDA was behind about 0.31 percentage point of the S&P 500’s move on Friday, according to estimates, or around 70% of the total gain. Big tech, still led by the main AI play, drove the latest record run. The S&P 500 finished up 0.44% at 7,577.05. The Dow climbed 0.37% to end at 52,682.39. The Nasdaq closed 0.32% higher at 26,290.19. The Russell 2000 dropped 0.46% to 2,978.75.
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock surges, S&P 500 hides size of rally
Nvidia was up 3.1% at $209.14 as of 11:52 a.m. EDT Friday, pushing its market cap to $5.10 trillion. The gain tacked on about $155 billion since Thursday’s finish, coming as one of its biggest customers detailed plans to scale back use of outside chips.
S&P 500 moves up but split is driving Wall Street signals
U.S. stocks were up modestly around midday Friday, with a clear split showing by market cap. The S&P 500 was up 0.2%, the Dow rose 0.3%, but the Russell 2000 dropped over 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite was little changed.