Nvidia stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) climbed on Wednesday after Reuters reported that the semiconductor giant has asked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to ramp up production of its H200 artificial intelligence chips to fulfill massive pre-orders from Chinese tech companies. Chinese firms have placed orders for more than 2 million H200 units for 2026 delivery, while Nvidia currently
Markets are looking to kick off the year with a volatile mix of tech, geopolitics, speculative finance, and protectionism. Nvidia is racing to meet surging Chinese demand for its H200 AI chips amid shifting export politics, while Trump Media leans into crypto with a controversial shareholder token. India tightens trade defenses to shield steel inputs,
US stock markets slipped modestly on Wednesday, the final trading day of 2025, as traders took profits and positioned ahead of the year-end close. The S&P 500 fell approximately 0.1% to 6,896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined about 0.3% to around 48,300, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped roughly 0.2% to 23,419. The declines marked
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has rolled out its latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) version FSD v14.2.2.2 – touting smoother lane changes and improved decision-making. Yet despite billionaire Elon Musk’s bold promises, the system remains classified as Level 2 driver-assist technology, meaning human supervision is still required. Meanwhile, Alphabet’s self-driving unit “Waymo” has already launched a driverless fleet
Big investors placed a flurry of options bets on Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD stock), according to Benzinga’s options scanner, which flagged 32 unusual trades. Calls outnumbered puts, and the largest tickets targeted a wide range of strikes from $140.0 to $280.0 over the last three months. The trading activity occurs because AMD’s stock price
Analysts increasingly believe Microsoft could reach a $5 trillion market valuation in early 2026. The analysis is driven by accelerating artificial intelligence monetisation, dominance in enterprise cloud infrastructure, and expanding operating margins that are reshaping the company’s earnings trajectory. Currently valued at approximately $3.59 trillion as of late December 2025, Microsoft would need a 41%
India’s financial ecosystem in 2025 was shaped less by headline-grabbing launches and more by consolidation across payments, lending, and trade finance. Digital rails expanded further into daily economic activity, regulatory frameworks stabilised after a period of churn, and lenders increasingly relied on data-driven models to assess risk. At the same time, persistent constraints around liquidity,
US stocks were largely steady on Tuesday following two consecutive declines for the S&P 500, driven by increasing weakness in technology shares. The benchmark index traded near unchanged levels alongside the Dow Jones Industrial Average, while the Nasdaq Composite edged down about 0.1%. In the previous session, the S&P 500 slipped 0.35%, the Nasdaq fell
Nvidia stock was modestly lower in early trading on Tuesday as the chipmaker failed to claw back some of the losses suffered in the previous session, with investor attention centred on its recently disclosed agreement involving artificial-intelligence chip company Groq. Nvidia shares were down 0.5% at $187.22 in early Tuesday trading after slipping 1.2% on
Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) remained in the flat territory Tuesday as Wall Street analysts moved to the sidelines, trimming growth forecasts ahead of the electric automaker’s fourth-quarter delivery report. The share price was slightly up, after facing some serious headwinds in December as Morgan Stanley downgraded the name, citing slowing momentum and a valuation that