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Micron Reports After the Bell: Can the AI Memory Boom Keep Beating a Very High Bar?

Wall Street is heading into the close on Wednesday with two things on its mind: the Fed's favorite inflation gauge and Micron Technology. According to Bloomberg, US stocks paused ahead of both, with the inflation data key for interest rates and Micron's report key for the AI trade. Micron reports fiscal fourth-quarter results after the closing bell, and a big move in either direction could ripple into Asian chip stocks when markets open in the morning. The Numbers, Verified Across Sources What Micron guided (SEC filing): For the quarter ending in August, Micron told investors to expect revenue of $50 billion, give or take $1 billion, non-GAAP earnings of $31 per share, give or take $1, and a gross margin of about 86%. What analysts expect (Alphastreet, 33 analysts): Consensus sits at $31.56 per share on $51.20 billion in revenue, slightly above the top half of Micron's own guidance range. Estimates are wide, running from $28.04 to $37.44 per share for earnings and from...

NSE's IPO Is Here — And It's Listing on Its Biggest Rival's Exchange

Some IPOs come with a plot twist so strange it almost sounds made up. The National Stock Exchange of India the exchange that hosts nearly every stock trade most Indians have ever made is finally going public itself. And in one of the more ironic moments in Indian capital markets history, its shares won't list on NSE at all. They're listing on the BSE, its long-time rival.

Here's what's actually happening, and why it matters even if you've never directly thought about "which exchange" your trades run through.

A Decade in the Making

NSE first filed IPO papers back in 2016. The listing was shelved almost immediately after co-location controversy allegations surfaced  claims that certain brokers had gotten preferential, faster access to NSE's trading servers between 2015 and 2017, giving them an unfair speed advantage. That controversy took years to work through regulatory and legal channels.

Nearly a decade later, SEBI finally issued its approval, NSE refiled its prospectus in mid-2026, and the IPO opened for subscription on September 17, 2026, closing on September 21. Shares are expected to list on the BSE around September 24, 2026.

Why NSE Is Listing on BSE, of All Places

National Stock Exchange of India IPO listing on BSE, showing India's largest stock exchange going public


This is the detail that catches most people off guard: a stock exchange legally cannot list its own shares on the exchange it operates. There's an obvious conflict-of-interest problem if NSE were both the listed company and the marketplace deciding how its own stock trades. So NSE's shares are listing on the BSE the exchange most people think of as NSE's biggest competitor in the Indian market.

It's a genuinely unusual situation: India's largest, most dominant exchange by trading volume making its public debut on the platform of its main rival.

Detail Information
IPO Opens September 17, 2026
IPO Closes September 21, 2026
Price Band ₹1,700 - ₹1,785 per share
Lot Size 8 shares

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