On the 6th, AMD ($AMD) rose 11.04%, Dow fell 0.46%

Advanced Micro Devices shares jumped 11.04% on the sixth as semiconductor stocks rallied broadly, with Intel up 7.71%, Marvell Technology up 5.73%, Micron up 5.12%, Arm up 4.74%, Nvidia up 2.78%, and SK Hynix's U.S. ADR up 2.78%. The gains came even as major U.S. indexes diverged, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 1.09% to 24,579.42 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.46% to 51,285.73. The moves highlight renewed investor appetite for chipmakers even as the broader market split between tech-heavy and blue-chip benchmarks. The article did not specify a reason for the semiconductor rally, leaving investors to watch upcoming earnings and guidance from AMD, Nvidia and memory makers for confirmation of the trend.