Non-farm payrolls data rattled the broader U.S. stock market, yet AI hardware stocks surged against the trend. The semiconductor index rose more than 3%, with SanDisk jumping 12%.
The prospect of Federal Reserve rate hikes has weighed on overall valuations and certain software growth stocks, while the industrial logic underpinning demand for AI computing power, storage, and data center interconnectivity remains intact despite interest rate expectations. SK Hynix, a memory chip manufacturer, closed up more than 8%, and Coherent, an optical communications company, rose 6.6%. Market participants noted that the strong performance of chip stocks on Friday had "nothing to do" with the non-farm payrolls data, but was instead driven primarily by the ongoing sector rotation between semiconductors and software.
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