Chip Stocks Fall Amid AI Uncertainty and Global Market Concerns
Shares of major U.S.-based chipmakers like Micron, Sandisk, and Intel are declining sharply during premarket trading following significant drops in Asian markets. South Korean firms SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics saw their stock prices fall by over 14% each, while Japan's Kioxia Holdings dropped more than 18%. The sell-off is attributed to growing uncertainty around the AI industry’s future profitability. Investors are increasingly concerned that tech companies may scale back on AI-related capital expenditures if they fail to see returns. This could negatively impact chipmakers whose stocks have surged due to high demand for memory, storage, and CPUs in data centers. Recent reports of Nvidia offering $250 billion in financial guarantees to OpenAI further fueled concerns about circular financing within the sector. The decline has already affected U.S. futures markets with Nasdaq Futures down nearly 1% ahead of market open.
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