Chipmakers led the turnaround, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index jumping 4.2 per cent as companies like AMD, Intel, and Micron posted significant gains. However, overseas exchanges struggled to follow suit, with both Japan's Nikkei and South Korea's KOSPI plunging roughly 6 per cent. Adding to market crosscurrents, robust domestic employment figures pushed the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield up to 4.85 per cent.
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Big tech and semiconductor equities helped domestic indexes recoup ground, but all three…: Big tech and semiconductor equities helped domestic indexes recoup ground, but all three major U.S. benchmarks still logged weekly losses.
Regulatory headwinds surrounding the artificial intelligence sector continue to weigh on…: Regulatory headwinds surrounding the artificial intelligence sector continue to weigh on investor sentiment following recent Democratic election victories.
The modest recovery in American equities diverged sharply from severe equity drops across…: The modest recovery in American equities diverged sharply from severe equity drops across major European and Asian markets.
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NEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 6 : Wall Street equities mostly rallied on Friday, reversing course after trillions of dollars of world stock market value was wiped out over fears that Democratic election victories this week would bring tighter US regulations for the AI industry.
Benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were trading higher with technology, communication services and consumer discretionary stocks driving gains. The Dow edged lower on the day. All three indexes were on track for weekly losses following a brutal selloff in the prior session.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.08 per cent, the S&P 500 rose 0.71 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.4 per cent.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was up 4.2 per cent after slumping in its biggest one-day drop since April 2025. Nvidia rose 3 per cent, after suffering its worst day since January 2025, when the emergence of low-cost Chinese AI model DeepSeek hammered markets.
Other heavyweight chipmakers, including AMD, Intel, and Micron Technology, were up between 5.5 per cent and 10 per cent, while Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX were…
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