Nvidia shares' 9% recovery Tuesday was the second-best day in terms of market cap added for any company ever, trailing only a record it set in July.

Nvidia staged a moderate rebound on Tuesday, rising as much as 3%, following a 17% drop the prior day. More broadly, major US indexes rallied after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 saw sharp losses on Monday amid concerns over the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek's rapid and seemingly cost-effective advances.

Rebounding tech stocks drove U.S. indexes higher Tuesday, a day after they tumbled on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence frenzy really needs all the dollars being poured into it. The S&P 500 climbed 0.

Nvidia climbed 8.8%, with the rally gaining steam throughout the day and closing near session highs. The stock at one point shortly after the open was in the red. That bounce come

Other technology stocks trading at relatively low valuations to historical levels include Micron, Super Micro and Workday.

Shares of Nvidia ( NVDA 6.89%) surged higher on Tuesday, after taking it on the chin Monday. The maker of graphics processing units (GPUs) used for artificial intelligence (AI) applications gained as much as 7.2%. As of 1:30 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 7.1%.

Since the start of 2023, Nvidia 's (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has gained an astronomical 906% as of the time of writing. It's also right around its all-time high right now, but these two facts may scare some investors off. The common thought is, "Nvidia has risen so much already; how can it increase more?"

Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) tumbled Monday after the release of a sophisticated artificial intelligence model from a Chinese startup prompted a reckoning on Wall Street regarding AI spending. Chinese company DeepSeek last week released R1,