Meta's Muse tops Apple free apps list as AMD and Intel stocks jump
U.S. equity indexes rose on Thursday as falling crude oil prices and easing yields lifted markets. The Dow climbed to 52,048.83 (+0.71%), the S&P 500 to 7,764.70 (+1.49%), and the Nasdaq to 27,122.09 (+2.26%). WTI crude fell to $95.43 a barrel, down 4.86% from the prior day.
Key points
- Meta's Muse hit #1 free app on Apple Store, lifting Meta shares 11.34%
- AMD +9.95% and Intel +12.00%; AMD market cap briefly topped $1 trillion
- Bank of America forecasts Japan's CPU market rising from ¥5.6 trillion (2025) to ¥27.2 trillion (2030)
Semiconductor and AI‑related shares led the rally. AMD surged 9.95% and Intel rose 12.00%, with AMD briefly topping a $1 trillion market‑capitalization, becoming the fourth chip maker to do so after Nvidia, Broadcom and Micron. Meta jumped 11.34% after its personal AI agent, Muse, reached the number‑one spot on the Apple App Store’s free‑app ranking. Nvidia, Tesla, Google, Amazon and Microsoft also posted gains of more than 1%, while memory stocks such as SanDisk slipped 1.4%.
Bank of America warned that the shift toward agentic AI could revive demand for server‑grade CPUs, projecting Japan’s CPU market to grow from roughly ¥5.6 trillion in 2025 to ¥27.2 trillion by 2030. Amazon has blocked Muse’s automated shopping concierge on its site, hinting at possible legal disputes. Meanwhile, geopolitical headlines included President Trump’s openness to meeting Iran’s president and new U.S. sanctions on Iranian airlines.
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US Stocks Rise on Crude Oil Plunge! AMD/Intel Surge and the Next Wave of Stock Gains Opened by AI 'Muse'
note.com · 21 September 2026
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