Intel’s 2026 gains meet pressure with chip shares down premarket

Intel Corporation dropped over 3% before the bell Friday as chip stocks slipped. A Micron Technology rally had faded. Nasdaq futures were off 1.16% at 5:29 a.m. ET. Advanced Micro Devices slid over 3% and Nvidia Corporation was down 1.4%.

Micron, Qualcomm move up while Apple, Nvidia slide in mixed AI trade

Micron, Qualcomm move up while Apple, Nvidia slide in mixed AI trade

U.S. cash markets traded Thursday during normal hours on the New York Stock Exchange, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. It wasn’t just AI stocks bouncing. Some investors picked up shares in chipmakers with limited memory supply, dumping others with higher AI expenses or steeper input costs.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) gains ahead of earnings; Street eyes $20.57 EPS bar

Micron headed for $200 billion jump before the bell on AI memory deals

Micron Technology, Inc. traded 16.7% higher at $1,224.01 in premarket action Thursday. If the price sticks, about $198 billion gets added to its equity value based on Google Finance’s count of 1.13 billion shares. That’s nearly double the $100 billion in minimum-price remaining performance obligations linked to strategic customer agreements that were signed or finished after the last quarter.
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Consumer Confidence • 10:00 ET

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New Home Sales • 10:00 ET

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Intuit earnings • After close

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