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Nvidia‚s strong quarterly earnings forecast met Wall Street’s high expectations on Wednesday, sending a host of artificial intelligence-related stocks soaring and adding momentum to the stalled recovery of the U.S. stock market.
Following the signal, Nvidia shares jumped nearly 10% to a record high of $516, boosting the company’s market value by about $110bn to $1.27 trillion and cementing its lead as the world’s most expensive chip maker.
That came after the company posted a fiscal third-quarter earnings forecast that exceeded analysts‘ expectations, helped by growing demand for its high-end chips that power much of the world’s major artificial intelligence technology.
Nvidia’s additional $25 billion share buyback announced on Wednesday came amid a stock that has already tripled this year, making it the first trillion-dollar chip business in history, as investors bet Nvidia will be a key beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom.
Everyone from AI startups to major cloud service providers such as Microsoft are keen to get their hands on more Nvidia chips. Demand from China is also on the rise, as companies there place rush orders to stock up on chips before further restrictions on U.S. exports take effect.
S&P 500 E-Mini futures rose 0.5% and Nasdaq E-Mini futures climbed 0.9%, suggesting Wall Street is likely to open higher on Thursday. Investors had been awaiting Nvidia’s earnings report this week as a potential spark for renewed gains in the sluggish U.S. stock market.
Nvidia shares have more than tripled this year as the chipmaker is at the centre of a rally in technology stocks fuelled by optimism about the potential of artificial intelligence. Nvidia’s forecast added to investor optimism. Following the report’s release, the value of shares in big tech companies related to artificial intelligence increased by more than $70bn, in addition to the value of Nvidia’s stock.
Nvidia expects third-quarter revenue to be around $16bn, plus or minus 2%. Analysts polled by Refinitiv on average expected $12.61bn.
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