Stock Market Today: Dow Cuts Loss But Chips Hammered As Lam Tumbles 10% (Live Coverage)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average pared its losses during the session, while semiconductor stocks came under heavy selling pressure, with Lam Research shares falling roughly 10%. The divergence points to a sector-specific transmission channel rather than a broad risk-off move, as the chip selloff weighed on the Nasdaq and other technology-heavy benchmarks while price-weighted blue-chip components with lower semiconductor exposure stabilized the Dow. Semiconductor equipment makers are typically sensitive to shifts in capital spending expectations from memory and foundry customers, so a sharp single-name decline in Lam often reverberates through peers such as Applied Materials and KLA as investors reprice the cycle. Traders will be watching upcoming guidance commentary and the next round of semiconductor industry order and capex data for signs of whether the weakness reflects company-specific issues or a broader demand slowdown.

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