NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 20:19 ET — Market closed
- Texas Instruments shares rose 2.32% on Friday, beating many large-cap chip peers as semiconductors rebounded.
- Investors head into the new week focused on U.S. jobs and inflation data that could swing rate-cut expectations.
- TXN sits above its 50-day moving average but below the 200-day, leaving chart levels in play ahead of late-January earnings.
Texas Instruments Inc shares closed up 2.32% at $177.52 on Friday, snapping a four-session losing streak. The stock traded about 6.1 million shares and is roughly 20% below its 52-week high of $221.69, MarketWatch data showed.
The move came as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index — a basket of U.S.-listed chip stocks — jumped about 4% on the first trading day of 2026, led by big-cap names including Nvidia and Intel, Reuters reported.
Now investors are shifting back to macro catalysts. “The market is looking for direction,” said Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak, as traders brace for the Jan. 9 U.S. employment report and a consumer price index reading on Jan. 13. Reuters
For TXN, the tape looks better, but the chart remains mixed. The stock’s 52-week range is $139.95 to $221.69, while Barchart data puts the 50-day moving average near $169 and the 200-day around $181 — levels traders often treat as near-term support and resistance.
That matters because Texas Instruments is a bellwether for the more cyclical parts of semiconductors, with heavy exposure to industrial and automotive demand rather than the fastest-growing AI data-center chips. When rate expectations shift, those “economy-sensitive” chip names can swing quickly.
The next company-level catalyst is quarterly results. Earnings calendars at MarketWatch and Investing.com list Texas Instruments’ fourth-quarter report for Jan. 27, after the market closes — meaning it would land after the 4 p.m. ET cash-session bell.
Guidance will be the core read-through. In October, TI forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates and pointed to slow healing in analog demand amid uncertainty around tariffs, Reuters reported at the time.
Traders will also scan for any incremental demand signals this week from CES in Las Vegas, where Texas Instruments is scheduled to appear Jan. 6-9.
But the recent rebound can fade fast. A stronger-than-expected jobs report could lift Treasury yields and pressure semiconductors, while any fresh caution from TI on orders, inventories or margins would revive worries that the analog recovery is slipping again.
The next hard date for TXN holders is that late-January earnings report, with calendars pointing to Jan. 27.
