1117 GMT - U.S. artificial-intelligence-related stocks regained momentum premarket after largely falling Thursday, following a better-than-expected revenue report from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. The world's largest contract chip maker announced a 32% increase in revenue, beating consensus expectations. TSMC supplier Applied Materials gains 2.25% after closing down 3.6% Thursday, while Lam Research--which also counts TSMC as a client--climbs 2.4%. Memory chip maker Micron Technology, which has close ties to TSMC, gains 1.6% premarket. Major TSMC customers also rise, as Broadcom advances 0.75% and Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia gain 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gains 0.15% premarket after falling back in the previous session. (josephmichael.stonor@wsj.com)

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January 09, 2026 06:17 ET (11:17 GMT)

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