Semiconductor Stocks Today (Dec. 9, 2025): Nvidia and Micron in Focus as Fed Decision and China Chip Deal Loom
Semiconductor stocks were mixed but relatively calm in U.S. trading on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, as investors waited for a key Federal Reserve rate decision and digested a political twist that lets Nvidia resume selling some AI chips to China under new conditions.Reuters+1 By late morning on Wall Street, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was hovering around the mid‑7,300s, essentially flat on the day after a powerful run that’s lifted the benchmark roughly 45–47% over the past year.MarketWatch+1 Chip ETFs told a similar story: Beneath the quiet surface, there was more action in individual names. Micron and Broadcom outperformed; AMD pushed higher;