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The Dow barely ended its longest continuous decline in 50 years, Micron fell by 16%, the US dollar reached a two-year high again, and US bonds, oil, and Bitcoin all dropped.
U.S. stock market's other Indexes turned down towards the end, Tesla rose by nearly 4% before closing down, NVIDIA reached a high of 4%, and Micron Technology had its steepest decline in five years. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds briefly increased by nearly 10 basis points approaching 4.60%, close to a seven-month high, while short-term bond yields fell, with the 2/10-year yield spread at its widest in two and a half years. The Bank of England held rates steady, but more officials supported a rate cut, leading to a decline in the British Pound. The Governor of the Bank of Japan suppressed interest rate hike expectations, causing the yen to fall towards 158, and the offshore renminbi briefly dropped below 7.32 yuan to its lowest in 15 months. Bitcoin fell by 5%, approaching $0.096 million. Spot Gold rose by 1.6% before narrowing back below $2,600, while the futures silver fell by 5%, and U.S. crude oil fell below $70.
Report: The sale process of Altera's chip Business is advancing, and Intel has identified the next round of potential buyers.
Intel has streamlined the list of potential buyers for its programmable chip division Altera, with several private equity firms including Apollo and Bain Capital advancing to the next round of bidding. Intel plans to ask bidders to submit formal Quotes by the end of January, with a valuation range between 9 billion and 12 billion dollars. Despite the change in CEO, Intel continues to firmly execute the previously announced plan. Following the announcement, Intel's stock price rose sharply.