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Micron Technology (MU) newly signed long-term customer agreements are emerging as a key source of ma

Micron reached record revenue for the fifth straight quarter.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) both posted blockbuster AI infrastructure quarters, but the market reacted in opposite directions. NVIDIA sells the compute. Micron sells the memory that keeps those GPUs fed. Comparing them now makes sense because each just told investors something different about where AI hardware spending actually lands in 2026. Blackwell Carries ... NVIDIA vs Micron: Which Stock Will The Market Reward

Long-term agreements could reshape memory industry economics.

Micron topped Wall Street estimates as AI memory demand stayed tight and strategic customer deals pointed to stronger pricing support.

Micron’s stunning third-quarter results sparked a rally that briefly pushed its market capitalization to nearly $1.42 trillion.

Nvidia was falling early Thursday after rising throughout premarket trading as initial semiconductor cheer from Micron earnings quickly reversed. Nvidia shares were down 2% at $2194.98 in early trading after Micron Technology blowout earnings. As Barron’s has written, Nvidia looked to be establishing a trading range with a floor of roughly $200, after breaking through that level in April.

AI chip rally powers gains as inflation data looms.

Major employers and even governments have begun to address concerns of AI-driven job losses, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley and Epistrophy Capital Research chief market strategist Cory Johnson to take a closer look at this headline.

Micron's blowout earnings lifted the entire semiconductor complex on Thursday.

Micron's stronger forecast and Qualcomm's AI data-center outlook pushed semiconductor stocks higher in early trading.

May's Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index — the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge — saw inflation rise 0.4% month-over-month and 4.1% year-over-year Core PCE, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.3% monthly and 3.4% annually, marking the highest level since 2023. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley and Epistrophy Capital Research chief market strategist Cory Johnson to further examine rising price trends.

Chipmaker plans ADR debut to fund AI memory expansion after a year of massive share gains.

Micron Technology edged past the market valuation ‌of Meta Platforms and briefly ‌Tesla's for the first time on Thursday, ​after the memory chipmaker's solid forecast helped extend its AI-driven ascent. The company's shares were last up 18.4% ‌at $1,236, giving ⁠it a market capitalization of $1.398 trillion, compared with Meta's $1.392 ⁠trillion. Tesla had a market value stood of $1.4 trillion.

Micron Technology stock (MU) is up by more than 18% in Thursday's pre-market after releasing fiscal third quarter results (adjusted earnings of $25.11 per share, $41.46 billion in revenue) that blew past Wall Street forecasts. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley and Epistrophy Capital Research chief market strategist Cory Johnson in reacting to Micron's massive earnings release.

SK Hynix's $29.4 billion U.S. listing plan adds to AI-driven memory industry momentum.

By Stephen Nellis and Aditya Soni SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 (Reuters) - Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip

Wedbush has reiterated its bullish stance on technology stocks after Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU), the US memory chipmaker, delivered a quarter that the broker said should alleviate investor concerns over the sector. Analyst Dan Ives said the results showed the memory and chip trade...

Memory-chip maker Micron underlines its status as a market bellwether as stellar earnings revive the stuttering AI trade.

The Federal Reserve's primary inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, showed the 12-month inflation rate hitting its highest level since October 2023, as Wall Street expected. S&P 500 futures are solidly higher early Thursday after a three-session losing streak sparked in part by the prospect for tighter monetary policy under new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. Rate-hike expectations have sent the U.S. dollar surging to its highest level in more than a year, even as prospects for rate hikes by other global central banks have faded with tumbling oil prices.

Western Digital stock and shares of hard-disk drive rival Seagate Technology rallied after Micron's results.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Thursday ahead of a key inflation gauge. Micron stock rocketed 17% on earnings.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher this morning, after all the big funds and portfolio managers may have shown their hands on Wednesday, as the tech and chip stocks sell-off resumed after stocks started higher in the morning but faded in the afternoon. The tech sell-off came before Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) posted huge ... Here Are Thursday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Brown-Forman, CoreWeave, Intel, JFrog, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Klarna Group, Qualcomm, Shift 4 P

Micron is signing customers to long-term contracts, a significant strategic shift.

A massive Micron earnings beat has lifted global markets, pushing crypto higher after yesterday's nasty sell off took BTC sub-$60k.

"Buy low and sell high" is one of the oft-repeated adages on Wall Street. But it's not working as many S&P 500 investors "buy high and sell higher."

Asian stock markets largely joined the global tech rally Thursday, which was re-ignited late Wednesd

June 25 (Reuters) - What matters in U. and global markets today , Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Micron Technology's impressive earnings update and demand forecasts on Wednesday have reheated the shaky chip sector, lifting the trillion-dollar memory chip maker's stock about ‌14% overnight and igniting a tech rally around the world on Thursday.

Micron Technology (MU) shares jumped early Thursday as the semiconductor manufacturer provided a fis

<body><p>STORY: From chip stocks getting a fresh boost... to where chip workers have become among the most desirable partners.. This is AI Weekly.</p><p>:: AI Weekly</p><p>Chip stocks rebounded after bullish outlooks from U.S. firms Micron Technology and Qualcomm.</p><p>Micron said customers had committed to spend $22 billion on its chips.</p><p>It also forecast quarterly profit and revenue well above expectations, sending its shares 12% higher in after-hours trading.</p><p>Landsberg Bennett Chief Investment Officer Michael Landsberg says the AI boom has been transformational for memory chip makers like Micron:</p><p>“What’s happened in this space has been, typically this used to be more of a commodity, and so what’s happened now with AI, a lot of these chips are needed to make AI work faster and better so the demand has really been strong across the entire sector.”</p><p>Donald Trump has said Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture its chips in the U.S.</p><p>The move would be a major boost for the American chipmaker's efforts to turn around its business.</p><p>A contract with Apple would lock in steady demand from the iPhone maker.</p><p>That would boost Intel's reputation and sales as it looks to close the gap with rival TSMC.</p><p>Oracle's total workforce declined 13%, or about 21,000 employees, in its fiscal 2026.</p><p>It's as the cloud computing giant continued restructuring its business... partly driven by the adoption of AI across its operations.</p><p>Up to 3,000 Santander employees in Spain could also be offered early retirement.</p><p>That's as the bank braces for impacts brought on by AI, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported on Wednesday.</p><p>SK Hynix overtook Samsung Electronics to become South Korea's most valuable listed company.</p><p>Shares in what is now the world's most valuable memory chipmaker rose to bring the company's market capitalization to $1.35 trillion. &nbsp;</p><p>Employees at chip factories are also now part of South Korea’s A-list.&nbsp;</p><p>Some workers at Samsung’s chip division are set for bonuses of about $416,000.</p><p>Around 14 times South Korea’s average annual salary.</p><p>Chip workers now rival doctors and lawyers as the nation’s most desirable partners.</p><p>Lee Sung-mi from matchmaking agency Sunoo says tech staffers now rate very highly:</p><p>"Scores for Samsung Electronics employees have recently risen from 83 to 87. As for clients who work at SK Hynix, their scores are expected to climb from around 80 to 83—showing just how highly favored the company has become."</p></body>