Micron Technology Shares Rise 14.4%, Boosting Semiconductor Sector
The tech sector remained under pressure on Wednesday as investors continued to flock to the safety of counter-cyclical areas of the market such as Utilities and Health Care. Energy lagged as continued signs of a Middle East de-escalation and progress in Strait of Hormuz reopening has pulled the price of WTI Crude Oil futures below $70 per barrel.The evening session and a blowout earnings report from Micronhas manifested a sea change in sentiment and the likelihood of a snap-back rally in the AI trade on Thursday. Shares of the memory maker were up over 14%, nearly erasing all of yesterday's broadbased losses. The strong results from Micron also put a bid under the other semiconductor and memory names. Elsewhere, a robust medium-term outlook from Qualcommwith a higher non-handset revenue target of $40B further relieved the tensions regarding valuations in Semis. Late in afterhours, S&P e-minis are up 10.6% and Nasdaq 100 contract is up 2.0%.Check out this evening's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER AFTER EARNINGS -Micronup 14.4%; Other semis and memory names broadly up in sympathy: Lam Researchup 6.5%, Rambusup 6.8%, Arm Holdingsup 6.7%, Sandiskup 11.1%, Western Digitalup 10.9%.Methode Electronics, Inc.up 14.4%ALSO HIGHER -Qualcommup 12.9% after disclosing medium-term targetsNETSTREITup 5.8% after entering S&P SmallCap 600 indexFormFactor, Inc.up 5.2% after being added to Russell 1000 indexDOWN AFTER EARNINGS -MillerKnolldown 4.9%Trip.com Group Limiteddown 4.3%H.B. Fullerdown 1.9%Jefferiesdown 1.6%ALSO LOWER -ARS Pharmaceuticalsdown 23.8% after commercial update on neffyTaysha Gene Therapiesdown 7.8% after equity offeringCG Oncology, Inc.down 5.4% after block trade
