2024 Half-Year Recap | Top Performing Stocks: SMCI, NVDA and AI Supply Chain Stocks Are Listed

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Looking back at the first half of 2024, the AI frenzy continued, and the US stock market soared, with the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ and $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ indices repeatedly hitting all-time highs. Notably, the battle among the top three tech giants persisted, with $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$overtaking $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ and $Apple (AAPL.US)$ on Tuesday as the most valuable company in the world.

$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$ is undoubtedly one of the most stellar performers in the first half of the year. This artificial intelligence (AI) server maker has gained three-fold year-to date, as the company benefits from broad optimism about AI-fueled demand.

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$, the 'front-runner' in the AI chip industry, also saw its stock surge by over 170% year-to-date amidst the AI boom.

Aside from these two hot AI stocks, the AI ecosystem has also spread across various sectors:

McKinsey predicts that power consumption in US data centers will increase from 17 gigawatts (GW) in 2022 to 35 GW in 2030. Electric utility stocks $Vistra Energy (VST.US)$ and $Constellation Energy (CEG.US)$ have seen their value increase by 129% and 89% year-to-date, respectively.

Nvidia's liquid cooling supplier, $Vertiv Holdings (VRT.US)$, has seen its stock price soar nearly 100% since this year.

Benefiting from the surging interest in the AI PC concept, $Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$ has seen its stock price nearly double year-to-date.

2024 Half-Year Recap | Top Performing Stocks: SMCI, NVDA and AI Supply Chain Stocks Are Listed

It is noteworthy that the trajectory of this year's tech giants, referred to as the Magnificent Seven or "Mag7," has shown divergence.

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ ranks among the top in the YTD gainers' list, with $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ having risen over 40% year-to-date, and $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ and $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ both increasing by over 20%. While $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ has fallen behind this year, recording a 25% drop year-to-date.

Apart from the “Magnificent Seven”, semiconductor leaders $Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$ and $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$ have repeatedly reached all-time highs this year. The weight-loss drug stocks, $Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.US)$ and $Novo-Nordisk A/S (NVO.US)$ , have also posted notable gains, with increases of over 50% and 37% YTD, respectively.