On November 11, Qualcomm rose 3.05% in Pre-Market Trading, trading at $178.8173 per share, with turnover of $5.5745 million.
The main catalyst appears to be a broader semiconductor rebound. Sector peers were also higher in the same period, including NVIDIA rising 5.28%, Advanced Micro Devices rising 5.3%, Micron Technology rising 6.4%, Broadcom rising 3.89%, and Intel rising 5.26%.
Company-specific news was mixed rather than clearly supportive. Qualcomm was reported to face workforce reductions affecting employees in India and California, while Freedom Broker cut its target price to $185. At the same time, recent options flow showed a $2.64 million short straddle centered on the $170 strike with aggregate large-order sentiment still skewing moderately bullish, suggesting investors were not broadly positioning for a sharp downside move.
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