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Asian chip stocks slide amid AI spending and China competition fears
Asian stock markets experienced a significant downturn, with South Korea's KOSPI index falling over 10% and triggering a circuit breaker. The decline was primarily driven by a selloff in semiconductor stocks, fueled by investor concerns over the substantial spending by big tech companies on artificial intelligence and increased competition from China. This broad market weakness also impacted emerging-market benchmarks and led to a slide in US and Japanese stocks, with the Nasdaq 100 approaching a correction.
How outlets across the spectrum covered it
Left 2 · Centre 4 · Right 1 n = 7
- Left (2): National Herald, The Hindu
- Centre (4): Business Standard, Mint, The New Indian Express, The Times of India
- Right (1): Aaj Tak
- International (6): Al Jazeera English, BBC News, Bloomberg, France 24, Reuters, The Guardian