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In early trading on Tuesday, Applied Materials shares rose by 2.3%, making it the best-performing component of the Nasdaq 100 index; year-to-date, the company has seen a 45.2% gain. In contrast, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) experienced an 8.2% decline during the session, although it still holds a 63.4% gain year-to-date.
Additionally, NVIDIA shares fell by 5.4% while Alphabet’s shares rose by 2.3% on the same day.
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