AMD stock extends an eight-day streak, then slips after hours as traders eye earnings
Advanced Micro Devices closed up 1.6% at $253.73 on Thursday, then dipped 0.4% to $252.60 in after-hours trading — outside the regular session.
Meta stock jumps nearly 6% as AI lab update and Threads ads put earnings in focus
Shares of Meta Platforms climbed 5.7%, closing near $647.71 on Thursday, having peaked earlier at $648.18.
Micron stock climbs on fresh William Blair call as AI memory squeeze tightens
Micron Technology shares climbed 1.6% to $395.54 in late Thursday trading following William Blair’s debut coverage with an Outperform rating on the U.S. memory-chip giant. Analyst Sebastien Naji highlighted that “advancements in AI compute are increasingly hindered by memory bottlenecks” in a firm note announcing the coverage launch.
SanDisk stock holds above $500 after Citi hikes target, eyes turn to Jan. 29 earnings
SanDisk Corp shares climbed 1.4% to $508.09 on Thursday, bouncing between $468.12 and $515.59 during the session. Trading volume hit roughly 19.2 million shares.
Marvell stock edges higher after FTC clears Celestial AI deal — what traders watch next
Shares of Marvell Technology edged up Thursday following the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s decision to end the antitrust waiting period early for its proposed purchase of Celestial AI.
Applied Digital (APLD) stock slips after it breaks ground on 430-MW “AI factory” campus
Shares of Applied Digital dipped Thursday following the announcement that the data center operator has started construction on a new “AI factory” campus. Investors appeared cautious, balancing the potential from customer deals against the heavy expenses and challenges of expanding power-intensive facilities.
ServiceNow stock climbs as OpenAI tie-up keeps AI agents in focus ahead of earnings
Shares of ServiceNow, Inc. climbed Thursday, gaining $2.24, or 1.8%, to close at $127.54. The stock fluctuated between $125.10 and $127.67 during the day.
Salesforce stock rebounds as Dow firms; Benioff’s Davos AI warning keeps CRM in focus
Salesforce shares climbed roughly 1.7% to $225.25 on Thursday, buoyed by a tech-driven rally in U.S. equities. The stock fluctuated within a range of $221.28 to $226.55.
Palantir stock price flat as HD Hyundai deal lands, with earnings next in focus
Palantir Technologies shares held steady at $165.34 in early New York trading Thursday, following news of a multi-hundred-million-dollar, multi-year enterprise software deal with HD Hyundai, according to a source familiar with the matter. Palantir declined to comment on the deal’s specifics. The stock fluctuated between $165.04 and $169.94 as the Nasdaq-tracking Invesco QQQ rose about 0.3%. Meanwhile, Datadog jumped roughly 6%, with Snowflake and C3.ai posting modest gains. This agreement builds on work begun in 2021, with both companies noting Palantir’s software accelerated HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding by around 30%. CEO Alex Karp described himself as “very bullish” on Korea and said, “The demand for our product in America is greater than we can satisfy.”
Oracle stock price rebounds as ORCL snaps two-day slide; Wall Street refocuses on AI buildout costs
Shares of Oracle Corp climbed 2.4% to $178.04 Thursday morning, clawing back after a tough two-day slide. The stock fluctuated between $176.63 and $180.64 during the session.
Intel stock slips after a 4-year high run as INTC earnings loom
Intel’s shares slipped in early Thursday trading, giving back some of the previous day’s gains ahead of the earnings report. By 9:38 a.m. ET, the stock was down 1.9%, sitting at $53.21, after closing Wednesday at $54.25.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock jumps nearly 8% as analysts talk up server-chip demand
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices climbed 7.6% to $249.80 in early Thursday trading, pushing the chipmaker toward the front of the pack amid a semiconductor rally. Nvidia gained roughly 3%, while Intel surged close to 12%. Both the iShares Semiconductor ETF and VanEck Semiconductor ETF advanced about 3% as well.
Micron stock price jumps 6% as Wall Street spotlights an AI memory bottleneck
Micron Technology Inc shares jumped 6.6% to $389.11 in early Thursday trading, fueled by renewed bullish sentiment highlighting memory chips as a critical bottleneck in AI systems.
BigBear.ai (BBAI) stock lifts in premarket after CargoSeer tech buy, with share vote next
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. shares climbed roughly 1.7% to $5.81 in premarket trading Thursday. The stock ended Wednesday at $5.71, marking a 3.9% drop, after bouncing between $5.33 and $6.13 throughout the day.
Baidu stock jumps before the bell on Ernie 5.0 launch — what traders watch next
Baidu, Inc.’s shares listed in the U.S. jumped 8.2% to $162.28 in early trading Thursday, following a close at $150.03. The surge came after the company launched the official release of its Ernie 5.0 AI model during a Shanghai event. In Hong Kong, Baidu’s shares gained roughly 4%.
Arm stock jumps again in premarket as Susquehanna turns bullish ahead of Feb. 4 earnings
Arm Holdings’ shares listed in the U.S. surged in premarket action Thursday following an upgrade from Susquehanna, which maintained its $150 price target on the chip-design company.
Micron stock pops in premarket as new Wall Street call lands amid a memory-price squeeze
Micron Technology shares jumped 2.2% to $397.75 in premarket Thursday after William Blair bumped its rating to “Outperform.” The move adds to a wave of target price hikes seen earlier this week.
Keppel Ltd stock price rises as Australia $10 billion AI data centre plan takes shape
Shares of Keppel Ltd rose Thursday, fueled by renewed focus on the company’s expansion into data centres amid plans for a significant Australia project linked to AI demand. By 3:29 p.m. in Singapore, the stock had gained 1.4%, trading at S$10.88.
Nadella’s Davos warning: AI may lose “social permission” as power costs decide the raceDavos,
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told the World Economic Forum in Davos that the AI race is heading toward a hard limit: energy. He said “GDP growth in any place will be directly correlated” to the energy costs required to power AI systems. https://www.inc.com/ava-levinson/energy-costs-ai-race-microsoft-ceo/91290198
IonQ stock slides after-hours as BlackRock stake filing lands and quantum shares cool
IonQ Inc shares ended Wednesday down 4.5% at $48.33, holding steady in after-hours trading despite a widespread Wall Street rally.
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