Strong Start Fades- Semis Sold
1:41 p.m. ET It was a relatively fast start to the trading day, as news-driven catalysts powered some big gains among some influential movers in the mega-cap space. Alphabet gained as much as 7.6% on a Bloomberg report that Apple is in discussions to build the Gemini AI engine into its phones, NVIDIA gained as much as 5.2% in front…