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Stocks fall as tech valuation fears stoke volatility
Tech giants Alphabet, ARM, and Microsoft sparked market declines as investors question the timing of returns on AI investments, with silver prices falling nearly 11%, analysts said.
- Thursday, global stock markets fell across the board, driven by worries that hefty AI investments may not deliver returns soon after Tuesday’s hit to software, financial services and asset management industries.
- Following fresh AI-related company news, corporate updates cited questions about AI investment returns, with Anthropic unveiling a legal tool adding to investor reappraisals.
- Across commodities and crypto, risk aversion hit Bitcoin, which slumped toward $70,000 and is down more than 40 percent from October, while gold lost 1.8 percent and silver tanked almost 11 percent.
- Mid-Session, major U.S. indices and European benchmarks were lower at around 1445 GMT amid the sell-off, with FX and oil markets reflecting broader risk-off flows.
- Policy and political pressures mean analysts warn that fragile sentiment could magnify losses, adding risks to market outlooks, as market moves reflect investor concerns over AI investment returns.
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday, led by technology companies, with the Nasdaq index falling to its lowest level since November. Investors sold shares of big tech companies in response to reports of further massive spending increases on artificial intelligence...
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