Intel

Brent crude settled at $87.72 Monday as Strait of Hormuz uncertainty returned, pulling the S&P 500 4.53 points below Friday's all-time high.

Jim Cramer named Intel as a top holding and flagged a memory chip addition and a semiconductor breakout play at the Club's August monthly meeting.

Jim Cramer named Alphabet his top stock to buy at his August Monthly Meeting, also favoring Lam Research, KLA Corp and Applied Materials on data center memory shortages.

Intel shares have fallen 18 percent over five consecutive sessions, erasing roughly $98 billion in market value as a $15 billion stock offering sharpens doubts about its turnaround.

Chip stocks led a Nasdaq selloff Friday as investors questioned the return on AI infrastructure spending, rotating into pharmaceuticals and other defensive sectors.

Corporate results continue to beat expectations, but major indices show muted or negative performance as investors pick winners stock by stock.

Intel dropped on a soft Q3 forecast and Boston Beer slid on a sales miss, while AMD and Deckers posted after-hours gains on strong results.

Semiconductor giant hits fourth straight intraday high as investors bet on Gaudi chips and contract manufacturing push

Technology shares propelled the Nasdaq Composite to a one percent gain today, fueled by a sharp rise in Intel, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated amid broader market caution and key regulatory news.