By Adam Hejl
Publication Date: 2026-08-28 03:29:00
What Happened?
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after Nvidia reported blowout quarterly earnings and issued an upbeat revenue forecast, easing investor fears of a slowdown in artificial intelligence infrastructure spending. Shares across the semiconductor industry surged following the chipmaker’s strong second-quarter beats on both revenue and profit, alongside an upbeat revenue outlook for the upcoming third quarter.
Peer chipmakers and hardware suppliers, including Broadcom, Micron Technology, Intel, and Marvell Technology, advanced in tandem as the results eased market anxiety regarding near-term demand sustainability. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed on the earnings call that the AI infrastructure build-out is “at full steam,” serving as a broad positive catalyst for component and hardware suppliers across the entire supply chain.
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