Stock markets plunge on fears of AI regulation after US midterm elections
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Jitters over Democrat midterm victories have spread to Asian and European indexes - Kyodo News Global stock markets have plunged amid fears that Democrat victories in the US midterms will stymie the AI boom. Market jitters stemmed from concerns that newly elected Democrat…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTHIGH✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishA Nasdaq 100 drop above 5.5% and spread to Asia and Europe signal systemic risk for the tech sector.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01The Nasdaq 100 fell more than 5.5% on Thursday, its biggest drop since April 2025.
- 02Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped 6% and the FTSE 100 fell almost 2% on Friday.
- 03Concerns focus on regulating data centres that house chips used to power AI.
NEWS IMPACT AND MARKET REACTIONChange since the story · reference
NASDAQ Composite24,803.90+2.01%today +2.01%Negative Nikkei 22557,434.77Market closedtoday -5.96%Negative FTSE 10010,578.83+0.09%today -1.89%Negative
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