Chip Stocks Volatile With China-US Spat in Focus

WALL STREET - NEW YORK. Trading in U.S. chip stocks was choppy on Thursday with the Philadelphia semiconductor index managing to close higher after tumbling on Wednesday with its biggest contributions from a handful of heavyweights Nvidia and Broadcom.

Chip stocks in Asia had sold-off earlier in Thursday after a report that the United States was considering tighter curbs on exports of advanced chip technology to China.