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Nvidia selloff deepens, adding to AI jitters

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Nvidia led the decline with a 6.5 percent drop, positioning the chipmaker to shed over $470 billion in market value across two trading days. The downturn weighed heavily on hardware peers Dell Technologies and Sandisk, while smaller neocloud firms like Iren, Nebius, and CoreWeave also dropped. Additionally, power equipment supplier GE Vernova fell more than 6 percent following changes to SoftBank's equipment procurement plans for U.S. data centers, and British cloud firm Nscale weighed postponing a $35 billion stock market listing. Despite the Nasdaq Composite dropping 1 percent, several investors view the episode as short-term volatility ahead of critical earnings reports from CoreWeave an…

Key points

  • An internal inquiry involving Nvidia's leadership and hotter U.S. inflation data combined…: An internal inquiry involving Nvidia's leadership and hotter U.S. inflation data combined to rattle investor confidence across the tech sector.
  • Losses extended well beyond primary chipmakers to impact server manufacturers, smaller ne…: Losses extended well beyond primary chipmakers to impact server manufacturers, smaller neocloud providers, and vital data center infrastructure suppliers.
  • Market participants continue to watch upcoming milestones, including Nvidia's next earnin…: Market participants continue to watch upcoming milestones, including Nvidia's next earnings report and Anthropic's planned initial public offering, to gauge long-term momentum.

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Nvidia selloff deepens, adding to AI jitters

NEW YORK, Nov 10 : Technology shares were in the red again on Tuesday, with Anthropic's steps toward a big IPO failing to calm general anxiety about the health of the AI sector.

Selling was driven by a hot US inflation report that increased expectations the Federal Reserve will raise rates again next month, alongside Nvidia's hiring lawyers for an internal investigation tied to its CEO and the development of an Ohio data center getting more complicated.

Many investors remained optimistic about the prospects for AI investments while allowing that volatility has become a fact of market life this fall. The Nasdaq Composite was off 1 per cent on Tuesday afternoon. Over the past month, the index has dropped by 1 per cent or more eight times and risen by 1 per cent or more six times.

"There is concern about what happens at the top at Nvidia, and if he's replaced, who's he replaced with," said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York, who said he sees…

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