↗️ Novartis (CH:NOVN): Shares in the Swiss pharmaceutical company climbed after it returned to sales growth in the second quarter, driven by some of its top-selling drugs. ↘️ Swatch (CH:UHR): The watchmaker’s shares fell despite better first-half sales, as profit dropped compared to the same period last year.

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AMD has launched its Helios AI rack server platform, directly targeting the same rack-scale AI infrastructure segment as NVIDIA. The new AMD platform is being rolled out with agreements from major industry players that intend to deploy Helios in upcoming AI data center builds. This development introduces a fresh competitive threat to NVIDIA's AI rack systems, with potential implications for how large customers allocate future AI infrastructure spending. NVIDIA, traded as NasdaqGS:NVDA, now...

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Today, July 20, 2026, semiconductor and AI infrastructure shares pared early gains as U.S.-Iran tensions and crude oil gains pressured markets.

The latest trading day saw Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) settling at $503.57, representing a +1.58% change from its previous close.

U.S. crude futures closed higher at $83.23 a barrel, while international benchmark Brent settled at $89.22.

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Shares of computer processor maker AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) jumped 3% in the morning session after the company announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft to deploy its next-generation hardware for artificial intelligence model inference on Microsoft Azure. As part of the agreement, Microsoft planned to deploy the AMD Helios Rackscale Solution, a system that combined AMD's processing chips with networking and software in an open platform, to power its AI workloads. The positive sentiment was furthe

AMD stock rose more than 3% on Monday.

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Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, XETRA:AMD) have announced an expanded strategic partnership focused on deploying AMD’s next-generation AI infrastructure across Microsoft Azure, including the rollout of AMD’s Helios rack-scale systems to support...

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The expanded partnership also includes new Azure virtual machines powered by AMD's latest EPYC processors and a broader rollout of AMD networking technology across Microsoft's cloud infrastructure.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) shares gained 5% on Monday after Microsoft announced a major expansion of its strategic partnership with the chipmaker, positioning AMD’s latest AI hardware as a key component of Azure’s next-generation cloud infrastructure. At the centre of the agreement is Microsoft’s large-scale adoption of the AMD Helios Rackscale Solution, which will support frontier AI model inference across Azure cloud services and enterprise workloads.

Google is developing a new AI accelerator with built-in software coding from its Gemini model, said a report. Google stock rose on the news.

Microsoft plans to use AMD’s Helios AI infrastructure platform and EPYC data-center processors to power more of its Azure cloud-computing services, the two companies said Monday. AMD stock jumped 5.1% to $521.23 on Monday after the market open, while the rose 0.7%. A combination of Microsoft and AMD technology will power new tools for data processing, electronic design automation, and inference, or running AI models.

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Investing.com -- Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) shares jumped 5% on Monday following a high-stakes expansion of its strategic partnership with Microsoft, placing AMD’s next-gen silicon at the heart of Azure’s cloud infrastructure. The centerpiece of the deal is Microsoft’s wide-scale deployment of the AMD Helios Rackscale Solution to drive frontier model AI inference across Azure services and enterprise customer workloads. Helios—an integrated power-rack combining AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs,

Semiconductor stocks jumped on Monday following a recent sell-off.

A surprise addition to AMD's AI customer roster has analysts scrambling to revise their price targets, and the chipmaker's upcoming July event could determine whether shares reclaim their recent highs or face a painful reset.

AMD will begin shipping the Helios system, which combines its own GPUs, CPUs, networking chips, and software, to customers including Microsoft later this year

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AI stocks are mounting a comeback as investors get over the worst of their fears about cheap Chinese large-language models.

↗️ Alibaba (BABA, HK:9988): Shares in the Chinese internet giant rose after it previewed its new AI model, which it said is second only to Anthropic’s Fable 5. ↘️ Ryanair (IR:RYA): Shares in the budget airline fell after it reported a drop in first-quarter profit, hit by lower fares and rising fuel costs because of the conflict in the Middle East.

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