Intel was leading a chip-sector recovery, while memory storage stocks Sandisk and Western Digital were also climbing.
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<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq dropped nearly half a percent.</p><p>Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, as investors worried about hyperscaler spending on AI and who foots the bill.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Those fears outweighed upbeat signals on AI demand from Micron, which gained nearly 16%, while shares of Sandisk soared 22%.</p><p>Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, notes that it's memory chip makers that are now leading the charge. </p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well is that they're memory chips. And you have to have memory, specifically DRAM or H-band memory, if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing if you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another. So one of the reasons that these stocks have done so well and the growth at Micron is so solid is because a recent redesign in the server technology means we go from eight memory chips per server to 96. That's 12 times growth in demand for this one simple component."</p><p>The surging prices of memory and storage chips prompted Apple on Thursday to hike prices for its iPads and MacBooks. That weighed on the stock, sending it down more than 6%. Shares of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet also dropped.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Bio-Techne jumped after Merck agreed to acquire the biotech firm for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Commerce data on Thursday showed the annual inflation rate through May rose above 4% for the first time in three years, but oil prices this week fell to below pre-war levels.</p></body>
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.14%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.46%. The S&P 500 also edged down slightly.
Western Digital stock and shares of hard-disk drive rival Seagate Technology rallied after Micron's results.
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Shares of chipmakers surged late on Wednesday, adding over $400 billion in market value after strong forecasts from Micron Technology and Qualcomm breathed fresh life into Wall Street's recently waning AI stock rally. Micron surged 12% in extended trade after forecasting quarterly earnings above analysts' estimates, signaling that heavy investments in AI-related infrastructure will drive strong demand for its memory chips. Also after the bell, Qualcomm said it expects $15 billion in sales from its data center business by 2029 as it moves beyond its core smartphone chip business and shifts its focus to AI.
Investing.com - Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) delivered the strongest quarterly results in its history after Wednesday's close, posting fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue of $41.46 billion against a Wall Street consensus of $35.69 billion, a 16.2% beat, and earnings per share of $25.11 versus the $20.49 estimate, a 22.6% upside surprise. The print sent Micron shares up roughly 12.6% in extended trade to around $1,180.97, recovering from a regular-session close of $1,047.20.
Micron surged overnight on strong earnings and guidance, lifting other memory and chip plays. The Fed's favorite inflation gauge is on tap.
Micron’s results, due after market hours, would shape the view on the red-hot memory rally.
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I have covered Micron several times in the past. And each time, the headline has been some variation of the same theme. The numbers keep getting bigger and bigger, the analyst targets keep moving higher, and of course, the artificial intelligence (AI) memory supercycle keeps defying the skeptics ...
Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) stock is up about 6% in Monday morning trading to around $1,199, leading a broad memory and storage rally into the company’s Wednesday earnings report. Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) stock is also up by about 6% to around $788, while SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock is up 5% to around $2,294. The group is resisting ... Micron and Western Digital Rise 6%, SanDisk Gains 5% as Memory Stocks Rally Into Micron’s Earnings