AMD advanced 6.5% in premarket trading after the chip designer said it expects annual data center chip revenue of $100 billion within the next five years, and earnings to more than triple.
US stocks came under pressure early on Tuesday after news that Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group had sold its stake in Nvidia and a forecast cut from AI cloud services provider CoreWeave raised concerns about rapidly growing valuations among tech companies.
However, the indexes cut losses as the session wore on and the blue-chip Dow closed at a record high.
Dow E-minis were up 105 points, or 0.22%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 22.5 points, or 0.33% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 151.5 points, or 0.59%.
Members of the House of Representatives headed back to Washington on Tuesday after a recess for a vote that could reopen the government and restore stability to air travel and food subsidies.
“There is an even bigger mountain ahead of us and that is the resumption of all of the economic data,” said Michael Landsberg, CIO at Landsberg Bennett Private Wealth Management.
“The market had been flying blind with no data and now as the fog lifts, we will see if market positioning has been correct and it is still clear sailing or if there is a big repricing necessary.”
The vote is due to take place on Wednesday afternoon on a compromise that would restore funding to government agencies, with US President Donald Trump expected to sign it into law.
The 42-day long closure has weighed on the economy. In the absence of government-collected data, both the Federal Reserve and traders have looked to private economic indicators to gauge the economic impact.
Tuesday’s weekly update of ADP’s preliminary payroll figures pointed to continued weakness in the labor market, with private employers shedding an average of 11,250 jobs a week for the four weeks ending October 25.
Traders are currently pricing in a 63% probability of a 25-basis-point reduction at December’s monetary policy meeting, according to CME Group’s FedWatch tool.
A host of Fed policymakers, including New York President John Williams and Governor Christopher Waller, are scheduled to speak through the day.
With the third-quarter earnings season slowly winding down, 82% of 446 companies in the S&P 500 have reported their profits above analyst expectations compared to a long-term average of 67%, according to LSEG data.
–Reuters–
