Verdict day: five earnings windows close as chip stocks wobble
Friday closed the week on a split verdict. The semiconductor complex was sold hard — SOXX −3.20%, SMH −3.47%, AMAT −4.29%, and Nvidia −4.57% to 217.55 in its second daylight session after the print — while software barely gave back any of Thursday's biggest software day of the year, IGV easing just −0.74%. Five of six hyperscalers rose into that selling, Amazon +3.97% at the front.