$NVDA

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is gaining roughly 2% in premarket trading and has pushed above its previous 52-week high after reports that the U.S. approved H200 chip sales to 10 Chinese companies, including $BABA

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and ByteDance, although deliveries have not started yet.
China accounted for around 13% of Nvidia’s revenue last year, so the H200 approvals improve visibility around future market access, even as shipment timelines remain a key factor.
Attention is now shifting toward two major near-term catalysts: the upcoming summit developments and Nvidia’s May 20 earnings report.