HP Inc (HPQ) shares surged 5.27% during intraday trading on Tuesday, significantly outperforming a technology hardware sector that saw widespread declines. The stock was trading at elevated levels amid strong turnover, defying a risk-off sentiment that battered competitors.

The rally appears driven by accelerating momentum in HP’s artificial intelligence personal computer (AI PC) strategy. The company recently expanded its product matrix with high-end laptops featuring RTX 5060 GPUs and new desktop configurations. This hardware push follows a late-June strategic partnership with OpenAI to deploy the Frontier platform across HP’s global operations and Samsung’s confirmation that its GAIA AI accelerator chip has been sent to HP for sample testing, reinforcing investor confidence in its broadening AI pipeline.

The divergence within the sector was stark. While HP posted strong gains, major hardware peers suffered double-digit losses, including Dell Technologies, Seagate, Western Digital, and SanDisk. HP’s resilience highlights market recognition of its unique positioning in the AI PC space, insulating it from the broader selloff.