Semiconductor Stocks Rally Ahead of Nvidia Earnings -- Market Talk

Dow Jones05-20

0932 GMT - European semiconductor stocks rise following losses in the last session while their U.S. peers gain premarket ahead of chipmaker Nvidia's first-quarter earnings report after market close Wednesday. ASML--Europe's most valuable company--jumps 3.3%, while Dutch peers BE Semiconductor and ASM International rise 2.3% and 2.8%, respectively. Analog chipmakers Infineon and STMicroelectronics each gain 2.6% and 4.1%. In the U.S., Intel and Micron Technology gain 3.65% and 4%, respectively. As AI hardware companies gain, software groups fall, with a basket of European software stocks down 1.5% in an inversion of the sectors' relationship in the last session. Samsung Electronics' failure to resolve a labor dispute could lead to disruption across the global semiconductor supply chain. (josephmichael.stonor@wsj.com)

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May 20, 2026 05:32 ET (09:32 GMT)

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