Nvidia, Micron, Broadcom and Intel Rise in Premarket as AI-Memory Boom Meets China Export Review (Dec. 19, 2025)
NEW YORK — December 19, 2025 (US premarket): Semiconductor stocks are back in the driver’s seat Friday morning, with investors balancing two powerful (and competing) forces: Micron’s blowout AI-memory outlook, which is reinforcing the “AI infrastructure is still real” narrative, and fresh policy risk tied to Nvidia’s China business, after a Trump administration move to review potential shipments of an advanced AI chip to Chinese customers. [1]
Below is what’s moving chip stocks in premarket trading, what analysts are saying, and what traders are watching as the sector heads into the December 19 U.S. session.
Semiconductor stocks premarket snapshot (as of 4:30 a.m. ET)
A quick read on some of the most-watched U.S.-listed chip…
