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The Dow opened down 1%, or more than 500 points, but within the first hour of the trading day the blue-chip index clawed its way back to the flatline. Travelers Companies was the Dow's best performing component, up 8.

Investors continue booking profits on the AI trade, especially overseas, on concerns over high capex spending.

Tokyo and Taipei stock markets led a fresh selloff for technology shares Friday, as concerns that the sector had been overbought in recent months intensified."The technology selloff is not the only reason markets are in a sour mood," noted Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote bank.  

The Nasdaq sunk 1.5%, while the S&P fell 1.2%. The Dow dropped 1%, or 547 points. "We end the week with risk-on morphing into risk-off as the selloff in global chipmakers intensifies and investor sentiment is hit by yet another day of attacks and counterattacks in the Middle East," Dave Rosenberg at Rosenberg Research said.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.7%, and the actively t

US equity futures were edging lower pre-bell Friday as concerns over artificial intelligence spendin

The biggest problems aren’t caused by what you don’t know, but what, as Mark Twain put it, “you know for sure that just ain’t so.” It’s there in the major indexes, where S&P 500 futures were down 0.9% in early Friday trading, while Nasdaq Composite futures were off 1.9%, and nearing correction territory. Chip stocks were supposed toe be unstoppable, driven by shortages and insatiable demand for artificial intelligence.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Friday as Netflix stock plunged on earnings. SpaceX shares sold off on a canceled test flight.

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8am: Wall Street futures lower as tech rout spreads Wall Street looked set for a sharply weaker open on Friday as a global sell-off in semiconductor stocks gathered pace, with disappointing corporate earnings adding to the risk-off mood. Futures pointed to the Nasdaq opening around 1.5%...

Overseas stocks and US stock futures fell sharply Friday after technological advances announced by a Chinese artificial intelligence company intensified concerns that the AI spending spree driving this year’s market rally could be at risk.

US equity futures were lower pre-bell Friday as concerns over artificial intelligence spending weigh

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing lower before the open Friday as a sell-off in semicond

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Semiconductors are getting hammered again, gold is cracking below a key support level, and Wall Street analysts are making some bold moves on Apple, Netflix, and Moody's that investors need to see before the opening bell.

Wall Street futures pointed lower pre-bell Friday as traders again weighed heavy chip-sector capital

Wall Street closed lower on Thursday, dragged down by technology stocks, as investors assessed second-quarter earnings and a batch of economic data.

Investing.com -- European semiconductor stocks fell sharply Friday, tracking steep overnight losses in U.S. chip names.

By Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Johann M Cherian July 17 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Friday, tracking a loss in global markets on the back of a chip-stock selloff and an escalating Middle East

U. S. stock index futures traded lower on Friday as investors remained cautious about the outlook for artificial intelligence spending while monitoring renewed military escalation between the United States and Iran.

US stocks were on track for weekly losses, as the semiconductor sector continued to drag markets lower.

July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slid on Friday as a selloff in chip stocks deepened, forcing investors to reassess the staying power of this year's AI-fueled rally, while a weak forecast

Losses for the Nasdaq were set to deepen, with stocks across the AI complex falling in premarket trade.

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SK hynix (KOSE:A000660) has been added to the NASDAQ Composite Index. The inclusion follows the company’s major US listing. Index membership means SK hynix will now be part of a widely tracked US benchmark followed by global investors. SK hynix is a large memory chip producer, supplying DRAM and NAND products that sit at the core of data centers, smartphones, and AI hardware. The company’s addition to the NASDAQ Composite comes at a time when investor attention on semiconductor supply...

The Dow is up about 9% year-to-date, while the Nasdaq has gained roughly 11%, and the S&P 500 is up about 10%.

Chip stocks and other tech trades have been volatile lately. But earnings growth for the S&P 500 should still be strong. The broadening of the rally is for real.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) - Asian stocks got off to a rocky start on Friday as the drag from chipmakers weighed on global equity indexes, while oil prices were set for their sharpest

A steep tech rout on Wall Street and a interest-rate hike in Seoul signal a tougher road ahead for the market’s favorite trade.