Chipmakers Lead, Markets Slip Overall
AAAlcoa(AA) Zacks Investment Research·2024-01-17 08:34

Market indices were lower again today (following Friday of last week’s modest drop), although we continue to see relative strength in A.I.-oriented chipmakers like AMD (AMD) and NVIDIA (NVDA) , which were up +8.3% and +3%, respectively. The energy space was by far the worst performer on the session. In total, the Dow slipped -231 points, -0.62%, while the S&P 500 was -0.37%. The Nasdaq outperformed the field but still came in -0.19%, while the small-cap Russell 2000 bottomed out again, -1.26% for the day. F ...