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Shares of semiconductor companies, including Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), are trading lower in sympathy with Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) after the company reported worse-than-expected second-quarter financials results and issued third-quarter financial guidance below.
moderately negative