After starting the day lower, Nvidia stock found itself in the green at the market close Wednesday. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index eked out gains for the day.
Nvidia stock was up 1.7% at $118.08. The stock closed 6.5% higher on Tuesday, shrugging off a report that Huawei waspreparing to launchan artificial intelligence chip that rivals Nvidia’s for the Chinese market.
July was a rough month for Nvidia as investors started questioning the hefty investments in AI by the Big Tech companies. Traders were also concerned about a report that shipments of Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell chips would be delayed some three months due to a design flaw.
Taiwanese company Foxconn, formally known asHon Hai Precision Industry, said on Wednesday that it expects to start selling servers incorporating Blackwell chips in the final quarter of 2024 but volumes will ramp up in the first quarter of 2025, in a call with analysts, according to Bloomberg. That timeline was in line withprevious commentsby server maker Super Micro Computer.
Among other chip makers, Advanced Micro Devices shares were down 0.3% and Broadcom stock was up 1%.
Nvidia shares were up 138% this year at Wednesday’s close. That compares with a 14% rise in the S&P 500 index and a 15% rise in the Nasdaq over the same period.
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