By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-18 22:03:00
PALO ALTO, Calif. / NEW YORK — Dec. 18, 2025 (after the close): Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) ended Thursday’s regular session at $329.88, up about 1.2% on the day, and traded fractionally lower in extended hours to about $329.61 as of 4:32 p.m. ET.
The headline for Broadcom investors heading into Friday’s open (Dec. 19) is that macro and AI-supply-chain sentiment improved today, but AVGO is still navigating a post-earnings reset that has kept volatility elevated across the AI complex. The stock traded in a wide range Thursday—roughly $323.76 to $336.40—with volume around 53 million shares, underscoring how sensitive mega-cap AI names remain to both inflation/rates expectations and “AI spending sustainability” headlines.
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