AMD Tops $1 Trillion Valuation as Wall Street Rallies on Geopolitical Developments

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U.S. stocks advanced this week as investors weighed geopolitical developments, with the Dow adding 0.28%, the S&P 500 gaining 1.21%, and the Nasdaq Composite climbing 2.06%. AMD became the latest chipmaker to cross the $1 trillion mark in valuation on Monday, following Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron. Novo Nordisk shares fell after its Capital Markets Day in London, where it unveiled 2030 growth targets including a $23 billion obesity sales target and plans to launch more than five multi-blockbusters by 2030. Paramount Skydance, the Writers Guild of America, and twelve attorneys general agreed on terms enabling the entertainment conglomerate to complete its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, with Paramount agreeing to keep its headquarters in California among other concessions. Costco delivered a better-than-expected quarter, with total revenue rising 12% to $95.72 billion, beating estimates by $830 million, and profit of $6.75 per share, 5 cents above expectations, while U.S. comparable sales rose 7.2% on an adjusted basis. McDonald's committed roughly $8.5 billion at its investor day to help franchisees modernize restaurants, targeting operating margins in the low-to-mid 50% range by 2030.

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Artificial Intelligence▲ · 4 stocks
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
AMD
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

AMD crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark, becoming the latest chipmaker to reach that milestone.

Communication Services▲ · 2 stocks
Warner Bros Discovery Inc
WBD
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Terms were agreed enabling Paramount Skydance to complete its $111B acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Consumer Staples▲ · 1 stocks
Costco Wholesale Corp
COST
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Costco beat estimates with revenue up 12% to $95.72B and EPS of $6.75, 5 cents above expectations.

Consumer Discretionary▲ · 1 stocks
McDonald’s Corporation
MCD
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

McDonald's committed roughly $8.5B at its investor day to help franchisees modernize restaurants, targeting low-to-mid 50% operating margins by 2030.

Longevity & Life Extension▼ · 1 stocks
Novo Nordisk A/S
NVO
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Shares fell after Capital Markets Day where it unveiled 2030 growth targets including a $23 billion obesity sales target.

Energy Transition & Power Demand▲ · 1 stocks
Spatial Computing / AR/VR▲ · 1 stocks
Semiconductors▲ · 1 stocks
Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▲ · 1 stocks
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