Wall St rises on AI euphoria after Micron's upbeat forecast
Refiles to add "%" sign in last bullet for S&P 500
US weekly jobless claims slip; Q2 GDP unrevised
Accenture gains after upbeat annual revenue forecast
Miners jump after report of Chinese stimulus
Indexes up: Dow 0.52%, S&P 500 0.65%, Nasdaq 1.12%
By Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal
Sept 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting a record high, as Micron's upbeat forecast revived the frenzy around artificial intelligence, and a softer-than-expected jobless claims report soothed worries about the labor market.
Micron Technology MU.O jumped 17.3% after the memory chip maker forecast higher-than-expected first-quarter revenue, underscoring that demand for memory chips used in AI computing was robust.
The optimism lifted otherchip stocks, with Nvidia NVDA.O rising 2.8%, Advanced Micro Devices advancing 3.6% AMD.O and Broadcom AVGO.O adding 2.2%. The broader Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index .SOX jumped 3.7% to levels seen more than two months ago.
Investors also scrutinized a Labor Department report that showed jobless claims came in at 218,000 for the week ended Sept. 21, below estimates of 225,000.
"Better employment numbers mean that the Fed will only cut by 25 bps at the next meeting ... on the one hand we won't get a bigger rate cut, but on the other hand, it indicates the economy is strong, which is good news," said Melissa Brown, managing director of investment decision research at SimCorp.
Separately, the final reading of gross domestic product confirmed that the economy grew 3% in the second quarter.
At 9:46 a.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 219.41 points, or 0.52%, to 42,134.16, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 37.03 points, or 0.65%, to 5,759.29 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 201.80 points, or 1.12%, to 18,284.01.
Six of the 11 S&P 500 sectors rose, with technology .SPLRCT rising 1.3%. Energy stocks .SPNY slipped 1.4%, tracking crude prices that slid on expectations of greater supply by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. O/R
The Russell 2000 index tracking smallcaps .RUT alsoadded 1.1%.
The benchmark S&P 500 .SPX and blue-chip Dow .DJI have hit multiple record highs since the start of this year and the tech-laden Nasdaq .IXIC is about 2% away from its own milestone. Optimism around AI and expectationsof lower interest rates have led markets to rally this year.
Late on Wednesday, Fed Governor Adriana Kugler said she "strongly supported" the central bank's decision to kick off monetary policy easing with a rare half a percentage point cut last week, as part of an emerging focus on the job market.
Traders now see a 54.6% chance of the Fed delivering a 50 basis point rate cut in November, up from 38.8% a week ago, as per the CME Group's FedWatch Tool.
Among others, Copper miners such as Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N rose 6.9%, while lithium miners such as Albemarle climbed 6% ALB.N and Arcadium ALTM.N added 4.4% after China pledged to deploy"necessary fiscal spending". The broader materials index .SPLRCM rose 1.36%.
U.S.-listed Chinese firms such as Li Auto <LI.O> andPDD Holdings <PDD.O> advanced 11%, whileAlibaba <BABA.N> added 7.5%.
Southwest Airlines LUV.N climbed 9.7% after the carrierraised its third-quarter revenue forecast, while Accenture ACN.N gained 7% after the IT services providerforecast annual revenue above estimates.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 3.59-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 3.67-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 37 new 52-week highs and two new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 66 new highs and 20 new lows.
AI frenzy boosts Micron's revenue growth https://reut.rs/3TENzLG
Fed views of the rate cut ending https://reut.rs/4de1H5H
Reporting by Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Maju Samuel
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