Stocks Rise as NVIDIA Reach Major Milestone

The stock market closed higher on Wednesday despite increasing uncertainty on U.S. trade policy as NVIDIA (NVDA) led tech stock rally and closed at a record. NVIDIA was the first company to briefly hit the $4 trillion market capitalization.

Overall, S&P 500 was up 0.6% to 6,263, while NASDAQ increased 0.9% to 20,611.

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Here is the one-year chart of Arm (ARM) as of June 10, 2025, when the stock was at $141.

In last quarter’s earnings, Arm reported record-breaking performance, driven by strong demand for power-efficient AI CPU products. The company delivered 53% profit growth on 34% revenue growth during the quarter.

Licensing revenue (software, support, chip designs) grew 53% year-over-year, reaching an all-time high. Royalty revenue (commissions per product shipped) grew 18% with Smartphone Royalties jumping 30% year-over-year. Management stated Royalty and Licensing growth was fueled by flagship smartphone launches based on the NEW ArmV9 technology, as well as a major multi-year AI deal with the Malaysian government. It added Arm is now increasingly the first choice for AI cloud deployments and expects up to 50% of new server chips and hyperscalers to be an Arm-based this year.

NVIDIA’s AI desktop, DGX Spark, is powered by its Grace Blackwell superchip with ArmV9 CPUs.

ARM is on the radar for our Growth Portfolio.

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