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Equities finished firmly in the green Tuesday, led by a powerful surge in semiconductors that pushed the Nasdaq one hundred up nearly two percent on the session. The S&P five hundred gained close to nine tenths of a percent, with chipmakers doing the heavy lifting as risk appetite returned across the technology complex.
Riding that same AI tailwind, Super Micro Computer was one of the standout movers of the day after the server maker reported gross margins that effectively doubled, now guiding to a range of fifteen to seventeen percent. Management credited a better customer and product mix, and the market rewarded that discipline sharply, sending shares soaring in extended trade.
Meanwhile, in secondary markets, Neuralink is drawing fresh attention as some investors assign the brain-chip company a valuation of forty-two billion dollars — a stunning leap from the nine billion dollar figure established in its last formal funding round just over a year ago. The premium reflects the broader Musk premium at work, with SpaceX's recent public debut now commanding a valuation of one point seven trillion dollars and pulling demand across the entire Musk portfolio.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
