On September 17, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. rose 5.01% in regular trading, trading at $46.34 per share, with turnover of $66.64 million. The rally was driven by a confluence of positive developments announced on the same day.

On the news front, Japan and the United States are reportedly in discussions to co-build a semiconductor factory to be operated by GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., as part of a broader $550 billion bilateral investment agreement. The project is estimated at 2 to 3 trillion yen and will focus on logic semiconductor production, significantly expanding the company's capacity footprint and revenue potential.

Simultaneously, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. and Marvell Technology announced an expanded multi-year strategic partnership to substantially increase silicon germanium technology capacity at the Burlington, Vermont facility. The collaboration targets surging demand for next-generation high-speed optical connectivity driven by AI and cloud data centers, with the SiGe portfolio already supporting 200G-per-lane optical links.

Within the Semiconductors sector, gains were broad-based. Among individual stocks, Intel rose 7.44%, Marvell Technology rose 7.18%, Micron Technology rose 6.23%, Advanced Micro Devices rose 5.13%, and NVIDIA rose 2.16%.

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