Intel Shares Soar After Trump Says It Struck Apple Chip Deal

Bloomberg Markets Thursday 18 June 2026, 09:35 UTC By Edwin Chan 1 min read

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Intel Shares Soar After Trump Says It Struck Apple Chip Deal Intel Corp.’s stock surged more than 9% in premarket trading Thursday after US President Donald Trump said the chipmaker will work alongside Apple Inc. to design and produce semiconductors domestically. Trump didn’t elaborate on that tie-up, which he mentioned after championing Nvidia Corp. and Elon Musk’s Terafab chipmaking ambitions in a Truth Social post. The iPhone maker has held exploratory discussions about using Intel and...

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