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AI Stocks Drop After Hot Inflation Report Fuels Bets for Rate Hikes
Hotter-than-expected inflation pushed the 10-year Treasury yield higher and sent the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 12% from its peak, traders said.
- On Thursday, October 15, 2026, South Korea's KOSPI index plunged 8%, triggering a 20-minute trading halt as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares fell between 9% and 11% amid extreme volatility.
- Official data showed U.S. consumer prices rose 3.7% in September, surpassing the 3.6% forecast and fueling expectations of Federal Reserve tightening. Futures markets now price a 37.1% probability of a 25-basis-point rate increase at the central bank's October 28 meeting.
- Overnight losses in U.S. equity benchmarks pressured Asian markets, with the S&P 500 falling 1.1% and the Nasdaq tumbling 1.9%. Semiconductor stocks remain under pressure, losing $2 trillion in market value since last week.
- Higher U.S. borrowing costs lifted the dollar, while Japan's finance minister warned that Tokyo was ready to intervene to support the yen. Demand returned to Treasuries as yields above 5.3% attracted investors.
- Investors are questioning the sustainability of massive AI infrastructure spending as borrowing costs rise. Analysts remain wary of potential competition from Chinese chipmaker CXMT, which recently reported progress on new memory chip structures.
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Technology companies' actions continued to fall on Thursday in international markets, due to concerns about the increasing costs of financing investment in artificial intelligence and increasing competition in the semiconductor industry.The top 20 global companies in the field of artificial intelligence and chips have lost more than 1,000 billion dollars of stock market capital since the beginning of the week, CNBC reports.
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Western InvestorAI stocks keep falling, but the rest of the market is supporting Wall Street
More drops for artificial-intelligence stocks are hitting Wall Street, but gains for the rest of the market are keeping U.S. indexes near their records. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in midday trading on Thursday after erasing an early loss.…
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