Wall Street Reverses Post-Election Rally in Sell-Off
US stock markets fell sharply after a post-election rally reversed into a major sell-off. The Dow dropped 1,753 points and the S&P 500 fell 4%, while the Nasdaq entered correction territory. Investors feared that Democratic election wins could slow the expansion of AI data centres, leading to heavy losses in Nvidia and AMD.
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Context: The Dow and S&P 500 are the main US stock indexes, and the Nasdaq is heavy in technology firms. Nvidia and AMD make the chips that power AI data centres, so the stock market now closely tracks AI spending plans.
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