The Nasdaq reached a record high in a mixed market session Tuesday, with chip and AI stocks performing well while the Dow fell slightly due to losses in Cisco and financials. Crude oil prices continued declining, and Sandisk and Micron showed buy signals.
Micron ($MU) reports earnings on September 30 with strong guidance expected; analyst consensus targets $1,564 per share, implying 50% upside from current trading levels. Separately, enterprise SSD demand is surging due to agentic AI and KV cache offload applications, while consumer NAND faces oversupply, creating divergent market dynamics.
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