TradingKey – Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) released its second-quarter 2026 financial results Thursday after the market closed. Thursday capped a week in which shares climbed 8.4% on Tuesday alone, in the wake of three favorable announcements: A memory upgrade for the Xeon, an expanded AI collaboration with Google Cloud, and the revelation that the 18A production node has secured a manufacturing deal with a major cloud service provider. 

Intel opened trading Thursday in the range of $104 to $106, having just tested the upper resistance of its falling channel. Analysts were watching for Intel to post $14.4 billion in revenue and $0.22 in non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) for the…