Staples, Healthcare Stocks Rise as Tech Shares Start Week In Retreat
Stocks started the week lower, pulled downward by investors' worries about the health of the AI trade. Under the hood of the S&P 500, though, there was still green to be seen.
Stocks started the week lower, pulled downward by investors' worries about the health of the AI trade. Under the hood of the S&P 500, though, there was still green to be seen.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit over one-week lows on Monday, as the surging popularity of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model knocked shares of chipmaker Nvidia and other companies benefiting from investments into the technology. Chinese startup DeepSeek has rolled out a free assistant it says uses cheaper chips and less data, seemingly challenging a widespread bet in financial markets that AI will drive demand along a supply chain from chipmakers to data centers. Nvidia, whose chips are the top choice for powering AI applications, dropped 11.7%, while a gauge of semiconductor stocks dropped 6.5%.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 2.8% Monday morning as a perceived threat from Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek prompted a global sell-off of tech stocks.
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Investors hammered technology stocks on Monday, sending the likes of Nvidia and Oracle plummeting, as the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model cast doubts on dominance of U.S. companies in this sector. Tech-heavy Nasdaq slid 3.1%, while the S&P 500 dropped 1.8%. Dominant AI chipmaker Nvidia slumped 11% in early trading, leading losses among heavyweight tech stocks that had powered Wall Street's main indexes to record levels.
Big tech's rapid earnings growth finally slowing has been a risk to the market strategists have been talking about for more than a year.
Nvidia stock dropped more than 11% as a social media panic over the potential rise of a Chinese AI model upended chip stocks and the broader AI investment thesis early Monday.
Twilio, Qorvo upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls
US stocks were set for a steep selloff Monday morning after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s technology industry.
News of the day for Jan. 27, 2025
A slew of artificial intelligence stocks, including chip maker Nvidia, are tumbling in intraday trading Monday after Chinese startup DeepSeek released a cutting-edge AI model that runs on less-advanced chips and at a lower cost than U.S. rivals like OpenAI.