Indeed, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (which TXN is component of) is up slightly on the year.

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With a decline of near 60%, AMD is the worst performer on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index this year.

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With this in mind, the Philadelphia Semiconductor index had a relatively large fall, as it was down 2.8%, or 14.12, points to 491.49 in late-morning trading.

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Hopes had been high that the worst stretch in the chip industry's history was over, as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index surged 85% in March from its late-September low.

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Shares of the Philadelphia semiconductor index, which tracks the stock performance of a handful of semiconductor companies, was down by 7.6% at the close of Monday's trading session.

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The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) ended last week at 471.46.

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The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is up about 17% from the July lows, but Martchev warns that "multiples in this group are extremely high" and that the stocks are very cyclical.

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When you look at the weekly graph for the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) you see that semiconductors are on the cusp of its 200-week simple moving average at 341.34 and that a trend below that key technical level indicates risk to its annual value level at 270.98.

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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange semiconductor index is down by around 1.3% today, erasing a little more of the 51% rally the sector had beginning August 30.

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