Investing.com – Nvidia slumped to a three-week low on Tuesday, after investment firm Pacific Crest lowered its rating on Nvidia to ‘underweight’, from Sector Weight, amid worries of saturation in the desktop PC market.
Shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) fell 7% to $100.75 by 13:45 EDT, as investors fled the chipmakers’ shares, after Pacific Crest warned clients that the graphics chip maker may have already capture so much of the market that growth could become a problem.
Pacific Crest Analyst Michael McConnell, noted in a letter to clients that desktop PCs are becoming saturated while a Nvidia’s Datacenter business is set for a “possible pause” in the summer months.
At its closing price on Monday, Nvidia's share price had gained more than 200% over the past year.
Nvidia’s slump had little impact on sentiment as U.S. stocks continued to trade mostly positive, after the release of upbeat U.S trade data ahead of key meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, is widely viewed as volatile market event, as Trump last week raised expectations that the meeting could be unproductive, when he tweeted the meeting will be "very difficult", given the many economic and security issues that divide the U.S. and China.
On the economic data front, investors welcomed bullish trade data, showing that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed by more than expected in February.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday, the trade deficit shrank by 9.6% to $43.6 billion, while January's trade deficit was revised down to $48.2 billion from $48.5 billion.
Economists had forecast the trade gap contracting to $44.8 billion in February.
Meanwhile, Richmond Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Lacker announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, admitting that he discussed sensitive information with an analyst regarding the Federal Reserve’s plans for economic stimulus.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 0.10% higher at 20,671. The S&P 500 lost 0.02% and the Nasdaq Composite traded 0.04% lower at 5892.15.