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NXP Semiconductors, Other iPhone Suppliers Shares Up

Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) shared in customer Apple’s strong quarter, as its shares and those of other iPhone suppliers rose Wednesday. NXP was up 4.5% in midday trading in the stock market today. NXP, based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, supplies near field communication technology that enable mobile phones to pay for goods. Analysts and teardowns show its sensor hub is in Apple’s iPhone 6. Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 6 Plus also uses chips from

Apple Among 5 IBD 50 Stocks Riding Hot CES Trends

Where the Consumer Electronics Show goes, technology follows. And this year, tech wearables, 3D cameras and smart, connected versions of once un-smart, un-connected objects emerged as some of the annual show’s dominant themes. Today’s Screen of the Day focuses on IBD 50 companies whose stocks could get a boost from those trends. For instance, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) introduced a chip that allows a driver to lock and unlock his or her smart car

Apple Powers Chip-Heavy IBD Top 10

Semiconductor companies comprise half of IBD’s current top 10 stocks, powered by Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone or GoPro’s action camera. Avago Technologies (AVGO), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) all benefit from strong smartphone sales, Pacific Crest Securities analyst John Vinh said in a research report Monday. “Our monthly carrier surveys indicate that December smartphone sell-through was largely in line with store expectations,