As of the close, the Dow rose 422.67 points to close at 34988.84 points, up 1.22%, the NASDAQ rose 348.84 points, or 1.22%, the NASDAQ rose 348.84 points, or 14139.76 points, up 2.53%, and the S&P 500 index rose 69.40 points to close at 4471.07 points, up 1.58%.
On the evening of February 15, Beijing time, Intel officially announced that it would acquire Tower Semiconductor at a cash price of $53 per share, with a total value of more than $5.4 billion (about 34.3 billion yuan). Intel said the acquisition will vigorously advance Intel's IDM 2.0 strategy and further expand Intel's manufacturing capacity, global layout and technology portfolio to meet unprecedented industry demand. The transaction is expected to immediately boost Intel's non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS).
Spurred on by the news, Tower Semiconductor rose more than 42 percent and Intel rose nearly 2 percent. Other technology stocks rose and fell, Nvidia rose more than 9%, Tesla rose more than 5%, Netflix, Apple rose more than 2%, Microsoft rose nearly 2%, Meta, Oracle rose more than 1%.
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Overnight news
Late at night blockbuster! Putin suddenly announced a partial withdrawal of european and American stock markets soared! Russia's three more tricks to turn around?
On February 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin also made a clear statement that a partial withdrawal of troops has been made. Putin said, "Of course we do not want war in Europe. "The approval of Schroeder's entry into gazprom's board of directors is for the benefit of Germany and Russia, where consumers who buy Russian gas can get cheaper gas. France and Germany should push Kiev to implement the Minsk agreement. Putin also said that Russia will act according to the development of the situation. Russia will seek a diplomatic solution.
The U.S. Senate Republican leader will discuss inflation control with the Fed chairman
U.S. Senate Republican Leader McConnell will meet with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on February 15 local time to discuss the current economic situation in the United States and the soaring inflation. McConnell previously affirmed Powell's leadership in the Senate, saying Powell's creative leadership played a stabilizing role in the early stages of the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. McConnell also lashed out at Democrats, saying democrats' policies had spurred inflation.
Republicans boycott en masse the Senate Banking Committee's postponement of a vote on the Fed's nominee
On Tuesday (February 15), due to the collective boycott of Republicans on the US Senate Banking Committee, the chairman of the Senate Sherrod Brown had to announce a postponement of the vote on The Fed's nominees such as Powell. The Senate Banking Committee was scheduled to vote on five Fed nominees, including Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, on Tuesday afternoon, but Republicans on the committee strongly opposed the Biden administration's nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin as the Fed's next vice chairman for regulation, as they collectively missed the voting session.
Putin made clear "ready to negotiate" to ease tensions International oil prices closed down more than 3 percent on Tuesday
After a number of geopolitical issues related to crude oil showed signs of easing this week, international oil prices fell significantly from their nearly seven-year highs on Tuesday, with U.S. oil and cloth oil both closing down more than 3%. It should be noted that the recent wave of oil prices is due to the UNITED States over the weekend and said that "Russia will attack Ukraine this week". But as the regional situation continued to ease over the past two days, this assumption of self-defeating also quickly put an end to speculators who were long crude oil.
Inflationary pressures persist and stubborn US PPI growth in January tripled expectations
On Tuesday morning local time, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the January Producer Price Index, showing that U.S. inflation did not ease at the beginning of the new year. According to official data, the US PPI increased by 1% month-on-month in January, also double the expected value of 0.5%. After 21 consecutive months of month-on-month growth, the annual growth rate of PPI also reached 9.7%, also higher than the market expectation of 9.1%. Energy and food remained the main sources of PPI growth in the sub-item, up 2.5% and 1.6% month-on-month in January. Service prices rose 0.7% month-on-month, unchanged from December.
Semiconductor giant mergers and acquisitions are busy! Chaowei has just won Xilinx for $50 billion, and Intel wants to buy a foundry for $5.4 billion
The global semiconductor M&A market is booming. Nvidia's proposed acquisition of ARM was lost, but then AMD (Chaowei Semiconductor) announced the completion of a $50 billion acquisition of Xilinx. On February 15, Intel Corporation announced that it will acquire Analog Semiconductor, a simulation semiconductor foundry, for a total transaction value of about $5.4 billion for $5.3 billion per share in cash. Intel's acquisition will further expand its manufacturing capacity and global layout.
Overview of the outer disc
The nasdaq rose more than 2% Online education stocks rose the most
As of the close, the Dow rose 422.67 points to close at 34988.84 points, up 1.22%, the NASDAQ rose 348.84 points, or 1.22%, the NASDAQ rose 348.84 points, or 14139.76 points, up 2.53%, and the S&P 500 index rose 69.40 points to close at 4471.07 points, up 1.58%. On the disk, the popular Chinese stocks rose collectively, online education stocks rose in the front, Good Future, Liulishuo rose more than 21%, Gaotu closed up 20%, New Oriental rose more than 10%, Weilai, Xiaopeng Automobile, iQiyi, Bilibili rose more than 8%, NetEase Youdao rose more than 7%, Ideal Auto rose nearly 6%, Baidu, Alibaba, Pinduoduo rose more than 3%; most of the large technology stocks rose, the semiconductor sector led the rise, Tower Semiconductor rose more than 42%, Intel announced that it would buy Tower Semiconductor at $53 per share in cash Nvidia rose more than 9%, Micron Technology, AMD (Chaowei Semiconductor) rose more than 6%, Tesla rose more than 5%, Qualcomm, Asmak rose more than 4%, Netflix, Apple rose more than 2%; the energy sector fell, Houston Energy fell more than 7%, Western Oil fell more than 3%, Caron Oil, Marathon Oil fell nearly 3%, Murphy Oil, ConocoPhillips Oil fell more than 2%.
Major European stock indexes rose across the board Germany's DAX30 rose nearly 2%
On Tuesday, European time, the main European stock index rose across the board, as of the close, the UK FTSE 100 index closed at 7608.92 points, up 77.33 points from the previous session, an increase of 1.03%; the French CAC40 index closed at 6979.97 points, up 127.77 points, or 1.86% from the previous session; the German DAX30 index closed at 15412.71 points, up 298.74 points, or 1.98% from the previous session.
Chinese stocks rebounded across the board, and the online education sector rose in the front, and the good future rose more than 21%
On Tuesday, Eastern Time, Chinese stocks rebounded in an all-round way, the online education sector rose in the front, good future rose more than 21%, Gaotu rose more than 20%, New Oriental rose more than 11%, Bilibili rose more than 8%, NetEase Youdao rose nearly 8%, and together education technology rose more than 7%. In terms of other Chinese stocks, Bilibili, iQiyi, Xiaopeng Automobile and Weilai rose more than 8%, Ideal Automobile rose more than 5%, Baidu, Alibaba and Pinduoduo rose more than 3%, Yum China rose nearly 3%, and JD.com rose more than 2%.
U.S. technology stocks closed higher across the board Intel accelerated production expansion and acquisition of high-tower semiconductors
On Tuesday, Eastern Time, large technology stocks in the United States closed higher across the board, and on the evening of February 15, Beijing time, Intel officially announced that it would acquire Tower Semiconductor at a cash price of $53 per share, with a total value of more than $5.4 billion (about 34.3 billion yuan). Spurred on by the news, Tower Semiconductor rose more than 42 percent and Intel rose nearly 2 percent. Other technology stocks rose and fell, Nvidia rose more than 9%, Tesla rose more than 5%, Netflix, Apple rose more than 2%, Microsoft rose nearly 2%, Meta, Oracle rose more than 1%.
(Source: Hafu Information)
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