Dell Hits Record High Amid Rise in AI stocks

Dell Technologies shares (DELL) hit a record high on Friday amid a rally in companies working on generative artificial intelligence applications. Nvidia, a major AI-heavyweight, posted strong quarterly results and forecasted current-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations, reinforcing that customers' spending on genAI will continue to hold strong.

Dell (DELL) has recently launched AI-oriented personal computers and more powerful servers in collaboration with Nvidia. Dell (DELL) shares rose 6% to $162.82 after paring some gains in the afternoon and were on track to add $6.6 billion to its market value. Major chip firms were up between Nvidia's nearly 1% rise and Qualcomm's 4% gain. U.S.-listed shares of Arm Holdings were up 2.3%.

Shares of software companies C3.ai and Palantir Technologies were up 0.6% and 1.6%, respectively. Chip companies are expected to benefit heavily from AI chip-related orders, primarily from cloud providers, who have indicated a significant increase in their capex for 2024.