Nvidia's results spark nearly $300 billion rally in AI stocks
Stocks related to artificial intelligence surged in extended trade on Wednesday, adding almost $300 billion in market capitalization after chipmaker $NVIDIA(NVDA.US$ forecast strong revenue growth and said it was boosting production of its AI chips to meet surging demand.
Nvidia's stock zoomed as much as 28% after the bell to trade at $391.50, its highest level ever. That increased its stock market value by about $200 billion to over $960 billion, extending the Silicon Valley company's lead as the world's most valuable chipmaker and Wall Street's fifth-most valuable company.
Nvidia's stock zoomed as much as 28% after the bell to trade at $391.50, its highest level ever. That increased its stock market value by about $200 billion to over $960 billion, extending the Silicon Valley company's lead as the world's most valuable chipmaker and Wall Street's fifth-most valuable company.
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Shares of other corporations related to AI rallied on the back of Nvidia's strong report, adding another nearly $100 billion in stock market value after the bell.
Rival chipmaker $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD.US$ jumped 10%. $Microsoft(MSFT.US$ and $Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US$ ,which are both rushing to incorporate generative AI into their Web search platforms, each rose about 2%.
AI software maker $C3.ai(AI.US$ and $Petratherm Ltd(PTR.AU$ , which recently launched its own AI platform, both soared about 8%.
Ahead of Nvidia's report on Wednesday, optimism around AI had already fueled a 109% surge in its stock so far in 2023, making the chipmaker the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US$ 's top performer year-to- date. That rally left Nvidia trading at about 60 times expected earnings, approaching its peak of 68 times expected earnings in 2021, according to Refinitiv data.
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