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A wipeout for AI stocks sends Wall Street reeling, and the S&P 500 tumbles more than 3.5%
On Thursday, Wall Street fell 3.5% as investors sold off stocks tied to AI-related data center construction, with Nvidia leading the decline after dropping 7.5%.
Tuesday's midterm victories by Democrats raised concerns that governments could force pauses in data center construction; critics argue AI-related stock prices had inflated into a bubble.
Advanced Micro Devices tumbled 14.6% and CoreWeave fell 12.5% amid broad losses, while AppLovin jumped 29.4% after reporting strong profit and approving a stock buyback program valued at up to $3.6 billion.
Global markets felt pressure from the selloff, with South Korea's Kospi index tumbling 5.3% and Japan's Nikkei sinking 1.8%, while London's FTSE 100 dipped 0.4%.
The 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.83% from 4.90% late Wednesday as investors sought safety in bonds amid uncertainty over interest rates and the Iran war.