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- Chip stocks surged in intraday trading Monday after Taiwan's Foxconn posted record fourth-quarter revenue, driven by the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) demand.
- Foxconn, whose formal name is Hon Hai Precision Industry, attributed the gains strong demand from AI servers.
- Shares of Nvidia, AMD, TSMC, and ASML are all rising.
Chip stocks surged in intraday trading Monday after Taiwan's Foxconn, which assembles Apple (AAPL) iPhones and Nvidia (NVDA) products, posted record fourth-quarter revenue—driven by the boom in demand for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
Foxconn, whose formal name is Hon Hai Precision Industry, said Sunday that its fourth-quarter revenue gained 15% year-over-year to 2.132 trillion 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:New Taiwan dollars ($65.09 billion). It🌠s December sales rose 42% to NT$654.83 b🔥illion.
"With strong demand from AI servers, revenue experienced strong growth YoY," the company said.
Hon Hai shares clos♎ed up 2% in 🐬Taiwanese trading.
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Foxconn's buoyant results are helping lift shares of AI chip companies early Monday.
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In addition, U.S.-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ASML Holding (ASML), the Dutch company that makes semiconductor-making machinery, are up 5% and 6%, respectively.