iShares Semiconductor ETF

The iShares Semiconductor ETF is a sector fund offered under BlackRock's iShares brand that invests in US-listed semiconductor companies. According to the issuer's page, the benchmark the fund tracks is the NYSE Semiconductor Index; its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker SOXX.

The index consists of the shares of US-listed companies operating in the semiconductor sector. This scope covers companies that design, manufacture, distribute and sell chips, as well as firms that supply the equipment and materials used in chip production. As a result, the basket brings together different sub-areas such as graphics and AI processor designers, analog and power semiconductor makers, memory companies, networking and connectivity chipmakers, and manufacturing equipment suppliers. The fund has a passive structure that tries to reflect the index return by holding the index stocks in its portfolio.

The price of semiconductor funds can swing sharply depending on data center spending, PC and smartphone demand, industrial and automotive chip inventories and export control policies. SOXX's market price may at times diverge from net asset value (NAV). The SOXX page on Lzzo.com shows the US dollar price and its Turkish lira, euro and pound sterling equivalents; a price history chart, technical indicators, the source of the data and the update time are also on the page.