NXP Semiconductors Rising On Strong Volume

NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI shares are skyrocketing today, on the back of a report that Apple AAPL is going to introduce Near Field Communication (NFC) in its newest versions of the iPhone and iPad. NXP makes NFC chips, so any boost for NFC would boost sales of NXP chips. At last check, shares of NXPI were up $2.28 to $24.93, a gain of over 10%. It's already traded over 1 million shares, more than double its average daily volume. NXP Semiconductors N.V., through its subsidiary NXP B.V., provides mixed signal solutions and semiconductor components. It offers small signal, power, and integrated discretes; mobile device speakers and receivers; amplifiers; bipolar transistors; data converters; microcontrollers; sensors; and thyristors