Intel’s Rally Pushes Nasdaq to Record

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

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The tech-heavy index climbs 1.6%. Plus: Alphabet stock gets a boost from an expanded investment in Anthropic. Avis Budget Group short squeeze further unwinds. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.1	Journal. U.S. stocks finish the day with mixed results, but gains in tech fueled a record for the
0:45.1	NASDAQ. It climbed 1.6% amid a surge in semiconductor shares. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, while the Dow
0:54.0	slipped 0.2%.
0:55.6	Investors weighed positive corporate news against record low consumer sentiment and anxiety over the war in the Middle East.
1:03.8	Government bond yields fell slightly, as the Justice Department said it would end its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. That opens
1:11.9	the door for Kevin Warsh's confirmation as his successor. Among individual companies, Intel shares
1:18.6	soared 24 percent to reach a new record. The chipmaker reported strong sales and raised its guidance
1:24.4	due to demand for its CPUs. Shares of alphabet rose nearly 2% after reports that the company will invest up to $40 billion
1:32.5	in AI company Anthropic.
1:35.4	Charter Communications shares plunged 26%.
1:38.6	The Spectrum parent company reported subscriber losses and lowered a key revenue projection.
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