Nasdaq ends higher as AI heavyweights rebound ahead of midterm results

What happened

The Nasdaq ended higher on Tuesday as AI-related technology stocks rebounded, including Micron, Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon, while Apple fell after warning that rising memory-chip costs would pressure its holiday-quarter gross profit per sale. The Philadelphia chip index jumped, and AMD rose ahead of its results due after the market closed.

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Global impact / market context

Apple’s warning shows how higher memory-chip prices can raise costs and squeeze the amount it keeps from sales. At the same time, chipmakers’ gains suggest investors were shifting toward companies tied to AI hardware, despite concerns that AI infrastructure spending may take time to generate cash.

Analyst inference

The article describes a split within technology stocks: chipmakers and some large technology companies rose, while Apple fell. The Nasdaq 100 had entered a correction, meaning a decline of more than 10% from its recent peak, amid worries about AI spending and near-term cash generation.

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What to watch

1. Apple’s next results could show whether higher memory-chip costs are reducing its holiday-quarter gross profit per sale as warned, and whether those costs continue to rise. Analyst inference
2. AMD’s quarterly report, due after Tuesday’s market close, may provide evidence about the company’s results following the reported rise in its shares ahead of the announcement. Confirmed
3. Watch whether AI-related companies can turn heavy infrastructure spending into cash soon enough to ease investor concerns that costs are running ahead of returns. Analyst inference

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