10 Firms Suffer Amid Optimistic Market Environment

1. Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Texas Instruments touched a new all-time low at intra-day trading on Friday at $139.95, before slight buying persisted to close the day just down by 5.75 percent at $147.60 apiece.

TXN, a global semiconductor company based in the US, fell after China on Friday announced new tariffs targeting semiconductor imports.

According to the China Semiconductor Industry Association, customs determines the origin of imports by where chips are manufactured, not the home country of origin, putting further pressure on TXN which has manufacturing plants in the US and in the Chengdu High-Tech Zone in Chengdu.

The Chinese government has been targeting US chipmakers since early this year, particularly to look into chip grants and alleged dumping, to ensure that the US was not unlawfully subsidizing chipmakers and undercutting Chinese products.

The investigation followed complaints from Chinese semiconductor companies about the US Chips Act which allocates some $39 billion to encourage Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. to develop high-end chipmaking facilities in the US.

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