Strong performance by Apple and the rumors may be driven by the acquisition of large companies, Wed European chip companies both ARM and Infineon shares rose. GMT 9:07, ARM and Infineon shares were up 3% and 3.9%.
Intel today rumors traders may buy Infineon. Infineon and Intel have both declined to comment, industry experts the possibility of such actions divergent. Nomura Securities Global Technology Experts Richard Windsor believes that the acquisition of Intel's highly unlikely. Intel in the past he had taken a big acquisition of the wireless industry, for example, that Intel's failure to integrate these assets, together with business and eventually sold many of these assets.
However, the German private bank Merck Finck analyst Theo Kitz technology do not agree with this view, he said, it makes sense to buy Infineon, a simple majority is sufficient, Infineon did well, withstood last year's financial crisis , and in some major trends such as energy efficient and renewable on a privileged position.
"Financial Times" also reported that once again there are rumors that ARM may be a takeover target, and that Apple may bid for one. One London analyst said speculation by the big media day and Apple last night to promote the strong performance, ARM share prices rally.