Market Talk

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Semiconductor Equipment Book-to-Bill : The semiconductor equipment book-to-bill ratio for July came in at 0.67 stronger than Briefing.com's mean estimate of 0.60 (among eight firms surveyed) -- the number is also up from June's revised reading of 0.56. Orders for July increased to $764 million which is up from June's revised orders of $727 million.