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Micron(NASDAQ: MU) stock jumped 3.7% through 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, on no obvious good news for the computer memory stock — but I think we can figure out why Micron popped anyway

Shares of memory chips maker Micron (NASDAQ:MU) fell 4.6% in the afternoon session after investors took profits following the chip sector’s strong rally in the first half of the year as Middle East tensions escalated. 

A federal judge approved the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s settlement with Elon Musk over his delayed disclosure of Twitter stock purchases while questioning whether the regulator treated the billionaire too favorably. Former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter criticized President Donald Trump‘s trading of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) stock as “egregious.” However, he added that even without the stock trade, publicly praising a specific company…