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Intel Corporation closed at USD 104.56, up 3.58%.A surge of institutional conviction swept through Intel's options market, with two massive trades totaling over $10.39 million in premium. A $5.28...

Investors have been turning beyond the chip sector as a way to play the AI and data-center booms. Investors have found another major way to play the artificial-intelligence trend besides semiconductor stocks, and that's led to a changing of the guard atop this year's list of the best S&P 500 performers.Vistra Corp. shares overtook Nvidia Corp. shares last week to become the top performer in the S&P 500 SPX on a year-to-date basis. That's an impressive feat for an electricity company that's hardly a household name.Through Friday's close, shares of Vistra were up 180% on the year, while shares of Nvidia were up 134%. Shares of Constellation Energy Corp. , another play on nuclear power, ranked third with a 118% year-to-date gain.What's fueling the big moves in Vistra and Constellation shares lately?Additionally, Jefferies made the case that the company isn't just a data-center play. Vistra stands to benefit from "the general increase in power and capacity prices, higher plant utilizatio

Singapore's rental market showed signs of stabilization in July, with condominium rental prices rising 0.9% and Housing and Development Board rents increasing 1.4% from the previous month, data from 99.co and SRX showed.Condo rental volumes surged past 35% month-on-month to 8,133 units, up from 6,020 in June. Despite this, the year-on-year rental volumes were up by a little over 11%, reflecting a resilient market. Rental activity by region was dominated by the Outside Central Region, contributing 38.2% of the total volumes.For HDB rentals, July saw an almost 14% increase in volumes, with an estimated 2,993 flats rented compared with 2,631 in June. Year-on-year rental volumes were down by nearly 12%. HDB rents in both Mature and Non-Mature Estates increased, with three-room flats rising by 1.7% and Executive flats up by 1.5%.Yearly comparisons show a 5% decrease in condo rents, with the Core Central Region declining by 6.3%. HDB rents have increased by 4.7% from July 2023.Looking ahead