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| The price action of Semiconductors (SOXX) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The overall sentiment for Semiconductors sector is very positive (overall 3.5, positive 4, negative -0.5) on 20251008. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2.4), Price Level (2), Sector Price Trend (1.8), Option Speculation (1.5), Broad Market Trend (0.2), and Valuation Sentiment (-1) will drive up the price. The forces of and Market Risk Prefrence (0) will drive down the price. 'Buy the dips' is the preferred trading strategy. Hourly SMA 20 trend line is likely to provide a support from any pullbacks. The swing to upside will be significant considering the high positive sentiment forces (4). The extreme bullish overall sentiment (3.5) may signal the top of this uptrend. The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on SOXX trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Prefrence is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale. |
| Date | Attention | Average Attention | Price | Price Level | Change | SMA10 Trend | Market Sentiment | Trend Sentiment | Fundamentals | News Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | 7% | 6% | 291.54 | 102 | 3.42% | 0.84% | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 6.3 |
| 2025-10-07 | 8% | 5.6% | 281.91 | 85 | -2.24% | 0.44% | 2 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.4 |
| 2025-10-06 | 11% | 5.1% | 288.36 | 104 | 3% | 0.66% | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| 2025-10-05 | 5% | 4% | 2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2025-10-04 | 3% | 3.4% | 2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2025-10-03 | 3% | 3.4% | 279.96 | 91 | -0.61% | 0.55% | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| 2025-10-02 | 5% | 3.4% | 281.69 | 99 | 1.94% | 0.52% | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 6.5 |
| 2025-10-01 | 4% | 3.1% | 276.34 | 91 | 1.93% | 0.67% | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 2025-09-30 | 5% | 3.7% | 271.12 | 81 | 0.81% | 0.45% | 2 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 6.3 |
| 2025-09-29 | 3% | 3.9% | 268.93 | 78 | 0.04% | 0.41% | 0.8 | -0.2 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
| Both emotion scores and sentiment scores are calculated in a -10 - +10 scale. | The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band. |
| 1 (8) SoftBank’s Graphcore Plans $1.3 Billion Chip Investment in India Graphcore, the British chip designer owned by SoftBank Group Corp., is planning to announce a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) investment package in India that includes a new research hub. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 2 (5) AMD's deal with OpenAI gives Nvidia much-needed challenger in market it dominates The last time AMD played the role of distant challenger Intel was the giant in semiconductors. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 3 (7) CoreWeave stock rallies as company introduces new AI tools for developers CoreWeave is working to expand its business with tools targeting software developers, while adding capacity to accommodate business from Meta and OpenAI. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 4 (8) AMD stock continues rally after OpenAI deal, now up 43% this week so far Investors took the partnership to mean that AMD could become a viable challenger to Nvidia's current top position in the AI chip market. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 5 (7) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says Intel Spent 33 Years 'Trying To Kill Us' But Now Calls The Chip Rival A Partner: 'We're Lovers, Not Fighters' Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Intel spent 33 years "trying to kill" his company but is now a $5 billion partner, as the two chipmakers join forces to develop custom AI and data center products amid soaring demand for computing power. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 6 (7) Autodesk Reveals Bold Plans To Boost Profits Autodesk's 2025 Analyst Day highlights commitment to efficiency and profitability while maintaining growth ambitions. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 7 (8) IBM's New Anthropic Partnership Could Be the AI Catalyst Investors Have Been Waiting For IBM is integrating Anthropic's Claude chatbot in its software. (https://www.fool.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 8 (0) Nvidia’s Jensen Huang seems to disagree with Trump on this big AI topic The Nvidia CEO says he doesn’t think the U.S. is far ahead of China in AI development, while President Donald Trump has suggested no other country poses a serious threat to the U.S.’s lead. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 9 (8) AMD’s stock builds on its historic rally as the AI trade heats up again AMD’s stock is enjoying its best three-day run since 2016, and one analyst sees a nice path ahead. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 10 (6) Micron Technology Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day Shares of Micron Technology Inc. MU rose 5.84% to $196.54 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.58% to 6,753.72 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA remaining mostly unchanged at 46,601.78. Micron Technology Inc. closed 2.22% below its 52-week high of $201.00, which the company achieved on October 6th. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 11 (3) Google’s New Foldable, Smartwatch Emphasize AI Rather Than Hardware Changes After releasing a trio of Pixel 10 smartphones this summer, Alphabet Inc.’s Google is back with the remainder of its 2025 Pixel lineup. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 12 (8) David AI Raises $50 Million to Bring Audio Data to AI Models David AI Labs Inc. a startup selling audio data sets to help train artificial intelligence models, has raised $50 million from investors in a new round of funding — signaling a growing market for startups that provide the building blocks for AI development. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 13 (2) 5 things Nvidia's Jensen Huang said about the state of the AI race with China While the U.S. may be leading in advanced chip designs, Huang warned not to discount China's growing chip development. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 14 (8) AMD-OpenAI Mega Deal Ignites 77% Surge In This ETF This ETF is in focus as AMD's $100B OpenAI deal and Intel talks fuel fresh AI optimism, making it a top play in the semiconductor supercycle. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 15 (5) EXCLUSIVE: Rigetti's $571M War Chest — Enough To Fuel Quantum Ambitions Or Just Buy Time? Rigetti Computing has $571 million in cash, enough for at least 12 months. But unpredictability of quantum race and potential for future fundraising must be considered. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 16 (8) AMD and OpenAI: A Partnership That Just Redrew the AI Map Market Analysis by covering: Intel Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Read 's Market Analysis on Investing.com (https://www.investing.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 17 (8) Gigantic News for AMD Stock Investors as It Makes a Deal With OpenAI That Could Be Worth $60 Billion The deal solidifies AMD as a viable second option in the data centers optimized for artificial intelligence. (https://www.fool.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 18 (6) Hold Your Horses: AMD's OpenAI Payday Starts in a Year (and Really Ramps Up in 2027) AMD just scored a massive artificial intelligence (AI) deal with OpenAI. But there's a catch that investors need to understand. (https://www.fool.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 19 (8) Nvidia–xAI boosts chip stocks, Equifax strikes back against FICO Yahoo Finance anchor Julie Hyman outlines three of Wednesday's top stories on Wall Street as part of Yahoo Finance's Market Minute. Chip stocks continue to rise on Bloomberg reports — now confirmed by Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang — that Nvidia is among the investors financing the latest funding round for Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI (XAAI.PVT). Equifax (EFX) stock surges after the company cut its credit score data prices, striking back against FICO (FICO). AST Spacemobile (ASTS) stock skyrockets on news of the company's deal with Verizon (VZ). Stay up to date on the latest market action, minute-by-minute, with Yahoo Finance's Market Minute. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 20 (8) Nvidia In A Buy Zone; CEO Jensen Huang Says This About AI Demand Nvidia stock is near a high. CEO Jensen Huang says demand for its Blackwell GPUS is 'really, really' high. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 21 (6) Bubble or not, AI continues to draw billions in investments Whether we're in an AI bubble or not, the investments will eventually pay off. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 22 (6) Cisco Seeks to Challenge Broadcom in Connecting AI Data Centers Microsoft and Alibaba evaluating Cisco’s latest networking gear, the company says (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 23 (0) AMD’s Su Joins the Party With OpenAI for Better or Worse Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Ian King reports on the pros and cons of AMD’s agreement with OpenAI to develop computing power. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 24 (7) Nvidia Invests in Musk’s xAI as Part of $20 Billion Funding Good morning. Elon Musk’s startup xAI attracts big name investors in its ongoing funding round. President Donald Trump threatens to block back pay after the government shutdown. And soccer has its first billionaire player. Listen to the day’s top stories. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 25 (7) SoftBank to buy ABB robotics unit for $5.4 billion as it boosts its AI play SoftBank Group on Monday said it had agreed to buy the robotics division of Swiss engineering firm ABB for $5.4 billion. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 26 (8) Nvidia's Huang says AI computing demand is up 'substantially' in the last 6 months CEO Jensen Huang said demand is up huge this year as artificial intelligence models develop further from answering simple questions to complex reasoning. "This year, particularly the last six months, demand of computing has gone up substantially," said Huang on CNBC's "Squawk Box." AI reasoning models are using exponential amounts of computing power but they are also seeing exponential amounts of demand because their results are so good, Huang said. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 27 (7) xAI to Raise $20 Billion After Nvidia and Others Boost Round The financing includes equity and debt in a special purpose vehicle that will buy Nvidia processors and rent them to xAI for use in its Colossus 2 project, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Nvidia is investing as much as $2 billion in the equity portion of the transaction, the people said, a strategy by the chipmaker that helps accelerate its customers’ AI investments. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Wed. Oct 8, 2025 | |
| 28 (7) This stock is set to get a boost from AMD's OpenAI deal, according to Citi Astera Labs jumped 10% Monday after the semiconductor maker got a Street-high $275 price target from Citigroup. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 29 (7) Goldman Sachs portfolio manager Brook Dane lists Nvidia, TSMC among top AI stocks to buy Although Nvidia is trading at all-time highs, Goldman Sachs' Brook Dane said the stock doesn't look "extended." (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 30 (8) Nvidia CEO: U.S. must win AI race with China so the future is built on American technology During October's Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, Nvidia's Jensen Huang sat down with CNBC's Jim Cramer in a wide-ranging interview from the NYSE. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 31 (6) Michael Dell says 'at some point there'll be too many' AI data centers, but not yet Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell said that demand for AI computing power is "tremendous." (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 32 (6) AI companies are looking 'sturdy' as 'little bubbles' form As major tech companies execute massive AI partnerships — namely Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) deal with OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), and Nvidia's (NVDA) own business dealings with OpenAI, Intel (INTC), and Alibaba (BABA) — is Wall Street skeptical about a market bubble forming? Moor Insights & Strategy founder, CEO, and chief analyst Patrick Moorhead and Futurum CEO Daniel Newman chat with Josh Lipton about the "sturdiness" of Big Tech names than compared to the previous Dot-Com Bubble. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 33 (-5) Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as AI trade loses momentum All three of the major market indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) end Tuesday's session in negative territory — the Nasdaq Composite lagging by 0.68% and leading daily losses — after the AI trade loses steam since yesterday. Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre recaps the day’s market moves. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 34 (-4) Stocks Fall After Report Raises Concerns About AI Profitability U.S. stocks slipped Tuesday after a report raised questions about the profitability of renting out artificial-intelligence computing power. Other tech companies also fell, with Alphabet losing 1.9% and CoreWeave dropping 3.8%. “The thing that is on everyone’s mind is: What is the business and the profitability of AI?” said Michael Antonelli, a market strategist at Baird. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 35 (8) AlphaSense acquires Y Combinator-backed Carousel, an AI assistant for Excel AlphaSense CEO Jack Kokko told Business Insider that the acquisition follows four straight quarters of "hypergrowth" fueled by AI. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 36 (7) These Stocks Score From AMD's OpenAI Deal, Wall Street Analysts Say Advanced Micro Devices has a number of AI infrastructure partners that could be set to benefit from its deal with OpenAI, according to analysts. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 37 (8) AMD gets upgrade after stock’s 24% one-day surge. ‘We rarely do this,’ says chagrined analyst. It’s likely the first of many — analysts at Jefferies upgraded Advanced Micro Devices to a buy, after the chipmaker’s stock surged on a pact with ChatGPT maker OpenAI. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 38 (-7) NXP Semiconductors N.V. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors Shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. NXPI slipped 5.10% to $219.61 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.38% to 6,714.59 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.20% to 46,602.98. The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 39 (-6) Applied Materials Inc. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors Shares of Applied Materials Inc. AMAT shed 5.52% to $211.55 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.38% to 6,714.59 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.20% to 46,602.98. Applied Materials Inc. closed 6.60% below its 52-week high of $226.49, which the company achieved on October 6th. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 40 (-4) Oracle stock slips 5% on report company is seeing thin cloud margins from Nvidia chips Oracle had 14% gross margins on $900 million in sales in its Nvidia cloud business in the three months ending in August, according to the report. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 41 (8) AMD's OpenAI Deal Could Spark A New AI Arms Race With Nvidia AMD has a multi-year deal with OpenAI that could unlock $135 billion in revenue. It also presents a serious challenge to Nvidia. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 42 (-6) Oracle stock falls after report reveals thin margins in AI cloud business Oracle stock falls after report reveals thin margins in AI cloud business (https://www.investing.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 43 (2) IBM enters AI partnership with Anthropic, fire disrupts Ford Market Catalysts host Julie Hyman tracks several of the day's top trending stock tickers, including International Business Machines' (IBM) new AI partnership with Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), Ford (F) projecting disruptions tied to a fire at a New York aluminum plant, and Plug Power (PLUG) tapping Chief Revenue Officer Jose Luis Crespo to become the company's next CEO. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Catalysts. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 44 (3) Chip stocks react to Oracle, Trilogy Metals surges on US investment Yahoo Finance host Julie Hyman tracks today's top moving stocks and biggest market stories in this Market Minute, including chip stock reactions to The Information's reporting that Oracle (ORCL) lost nearly $100 million in Nvidia (NVDA) Blackwell chip rentals, PayPal (PYPL) launching its new advertising manager platform, and Trilogy Metals (TMQ) surging by over 200% after the Trump administration announced a 10% stake in the mineral company. Stay up to date on the latest market action, minute-by-minute, with Yahoo Finance's Market Minute. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 45 (8) OpenAI Launches Into Its Boring Is Beautiful Phase Like having the hottest A-lister on your arm, being a company merely associated with the OpenAI hype machine can send your street cred soaring these days. On Monday, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares surged 24% on the back of a deal to sell OpenAI chips, adding some $63.4 billion to its market value. But the gains didn’t end with AMD, as Bloomberg News reported: (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 46 (8) AMD is rallying day two after a very bullish call from Wall Street Jefferies upgraded AMD to buy and sees a big rally in the shares ahead. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 47 (8) Early-Stage AI Startups Attract Seed Capital As Market Confidence Grows AI seed funding surges as startups solve real-world problems. NVIDIA leads strategic investments, fueling practical AI in business & tech (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 48 (8) IREN Stock Up Nearly 900% Over 6 Months, Rises 8% Before The Bell: What's Driving The Surge? Shares of IREN Ltd (NASDAQ: IREN) climbed 8% in pre-market trading on Tuesday, as the data center operator announced multi-year agreements with major artificial intelligence companies deploying NVIDIA Corp.'s (NASDAQ: NVDA) Blackwell GPUs. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 49 (5) OpenAI Investment Puts AMD on Path to Challenge Nvidia’s Lead Market Analysis by covering: NVIDIA Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund, The Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund. Read 's Market Analysis on Investing.com (https://www.investing.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
| 50 (8) Dell Analyst Day: Street sees AI boom powering 2027 EPS to $12, growth targets set to rise Dell Analyst Day: Street sees AI boom powering 2027 EPS to $12, growth targets set to rise (https://www.investing.com/) Tue. Oct 7, 2025 | |
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