
Traders are selling tech stocks today in reaction to Apple’s announcement that it would have to raise the prices of its devices to cover the cost of rising memory and storage chip prices. Cold shoulder: “There seems to be a mini ice-age in Asia this morning,” Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid told clients this morning. “SoftBank is around 14% lower after the NYT suggested that OpenAI may delay its IPO until 2027. This follows a sharp decline for the Magnificent 7 (-2.54%) yesterday.
Main Idea: Tech companies are selling off as fears grow that rising memory chip prices and shortages could hit costs, sales, and inflation.
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Higher memory chip costs could raise prices for phones, computers, and game consoles, squeezing household budgets and small businesses.
Chip makers may see stronger sales, which could support some US tech jobs and investment.
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Major market-moving company mentioned as sharply lower in response to the report about OpenAI’s IPO timing.
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