Advanced Micro Devices is trading at $47.45 (-3.04%) as higher Treasury yields reduce the appeal of growth-oriented equities.
- Semiconductor stocks are also declining, while renewed Middle East tensions have lifted oil prices and revived inflation concerns, increasing expectations for higher interest rates.
- Reuters reported AMD, Nvidia, and Intel were already lower before the open as broader risk appetite weakened.
- AMDβs Saudi AI hub announcement was positive but does not explain todayβs decline.