Semiconductors
13 articles tagged semiconductors
Policy Pulse - Global Spillover - 19 Oct 2026
The waiver suspended China's exposure on the same terms as India's and left the statutory machinery delegated to the USTR, while INTC rose 4% on a JPMorgan upgrade and STLA bore the brunt of French protests that took the DAX down 1.39%.
Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 19 Oct 2026
Trump set 500% duties on Russia and 100% on the five largest buyers of Russian energy in a Friday executive order, then waived every one of them under Section 115, lifting a 100% tariff tail risk off AAPL's India assembly base and putting a supply premium out of XOM and CVX.
Policy Pulse - Modi / India Govt - 16 Oct 2026
PM Modi's 2036 Olympics ambition was priced the next morning at Rs 7,386.74 crore: the Sports Ministry raised event-hosting aid from Rs 2 crore to up to Rs 50 crore, mapping to LT and ULTRACEMCO. Rubio lands in Jamnagar, the RELIANCE refinery complex, two days after the Graham Act deadline.
Policy Pulse - Global Spillover - 13 Oct 2026
China's CXMT claimed a 4F2 DRAM design and the KOSPI fell 5.46%, hitting MU, AVGO and INTC while re-rating TCS, INFY and HCLTECH through Nifty IT's 5.22% gain. Five days out, the Graham Act had still produced no notice to Congress, leaving IOC, BPCL, ONGC and Sun Pharma exposed on the Indian side.
Policy Pulse - Modi / India Govt - 13 Oct 2026
PM Modi told the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on October 13 that the routes of globalisation have become chokepoints, naming supply chains, energy, critical minerals and payments, a framing that maps to TCS, INFY, SUNPHARMA and HINDCOPPER. The PMO named no company, so every mapping is inferred.
Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 13 Oct 2026
Goldman beat on a 72% surge in equities revenue while JPMorgan missed its first quarter in three years. Trump floated a US diesel export cap five days before the Graham Act's October 18 deadline, hitting VLO and PSX, and Trump Media pulled three crypto ETF filings as DJT fell 5% on a 32% approval rating.
Policy Pulse - Modi / India Govt - 09 Oct 2026
The Assam Cabinet adopted 75 resolutions marking PM Modi's 25 years, restating a Rs 27,000-crore Tata semiconductor plant at Jagiroad and a Rs 28,000-crore Numaligarh Refinery expansion, positive for BPCL and OIL and for the listed electronics names; the PM closed the Women and Child Development summit, and UP renamed Noida airport after him.
Policy Pulse - Modi / India Govt - 08 Oct 2026
PM Modi opened India Mobile Congress 2026 with a stated target of one billion 5G users by 2030, a call for a global anti-cyber-fraud framework and USD 15 billion of BharatNet middle-mile connectivity, positive for BHARTIARTL and INDUSTOWER on the demand commitment and for DIXON and KAYNES on a mobile phone industry now worth USD 63 billion with USD 29 billion of exports. The PM separately amplified a space self-reliance piece by Digantara's founders, and Indian equities closed at their lowest level since April 2025 with ITC and JSW Steel among the worst hit.
Policy Pulse - Modi / India Govt - 07 Oct 2026
PM Modi inaugurates India Mobile Congress 2026 on October 8 at Yashobhoomi and met the GSMA board, with Starlink declaring its India launch ready after building 20 gateway sites, a mixed signal for BHARTIARTL and IDEA and a positive for INDUSTOWER, TEJASNET and HFCL on densification and backhaul. Modi and Swiss President Parmelin address the second India-EFTA Prosperity Summit with the USD 100 billion TEPA investment target, the direct read-through for NESTLEIND and ABB. The Rural Development Ministry notified 375 permissible works under VB-G RAM G in a 41 percent expansion supporting PNCINFRA, HINDUNILVR and M&M.
Policy Pulse - Global Spillover - 02 Oct 2026
A 29,000 US payroll print against a 90,000 consensus removed the October Fed hike and reversed the global bond selloff that had driven the 10-year Treasury to a 24-year high — a positive for TCS, INFY and QQQ and a relief valve for emerging markets. Trump said Europe agreed to release emergency diesel stocks, sending Brent below $100 and lifting DAL, UAL, CCL and RCL while pressuring XOM and CVX, even as the Iran ceasefire expired and three Hormuz tankers were struck. G20 Milwaukee produced a steel framework and no China tariff timetable, French spreads hit their widest over Germany since 2012, and Micron's blowout quarter drove a memory-led Asian relief rally.
Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 02 Oct 2026
September payrolls came in at just 29,000 against an 84,000-90,000 consensus with unemployment at 4.2% and July revised into a loss, taking the October Fed hike off the table and sending Treasury yields tumbling from a 24-year high. Trump announced on Truth Social that Europe will release emergency diesel stocks, pushing Brent below $100 and lifting DAL, UAL, CCL and RCL while pressuring XOM and CVX. Greer closed the G20 in Milwaukee with no timetable for US-China tariff cuts, and the July disclosure showed Trump's team sold up to $25 million each of AMZN and MSFT.
Policy Pulse - Ministries/Regulators - 02 Sep 2026
Semicon 2.0 six-pillar notifications issued (MeitY); Coal India +4% on Mahanadi Coalfields IPO filing; curtailed renewable sale via BESS allowed. BUY DIXON, KAYNES, CGPOWER, COALINDIA.
🇺🇸 US Markets Crashed — Fed, KOSPI & AI Fatigue Explained
Deep-dive on the June 23 US market crash. Nasdaq futures -2.1%, S&P 500 -1.04%. KOSPI circuit breaker #4, Fed rate hike odds at 90% by Sep, AI capex fatigue, and impact on your portfolio.