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AI Spending Fears Sink Chip Stocks Globally
13 Oct
Summary
- Semiconductor stocks dropped due to AI spending fears.
- Samsung and SK Hynix led South Korea's market fall.
- China's CXMT reported a breakthrough in memory chip design.
Global semiconductor stocks plummeted on Tuesday, influenced by apprehension over unchecked artificial intelligence expenditure and heightened competition from Chinese competitors. The South Korean stock market faced a sharp decline, primarily due to significant losses incurred by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the world's foremost memory chip manufacturers.
This market downturn followed Chinese media disclosures concerning a breakthrough in chip design by CXMT. This advancement could enable memory chips to store more data without an increase in physical size, potentially positioning the Chinese firm advantageously against its South Korean counterparts. These rivals have been struggling to meet the immense global demand for memory chips, fueled by the insatiable appetite for AI technologies.
Other technology stocks worldwide also experienced a slump, with the most considerable declines concentrated within the chip-making sector. For instance, Japan's Nikkei 225 and Taiwanese shares fell by nearly 2 percent, heavily influenced by their technology components. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company saw a 2 percent decrease, while Japan's SoftBank Group, a significant investor in AI, dropped over 8 percent. In Europe, chipmakers Infineon and STMicroelectronics each lost 5 percent, and ASML, a critical supplier to the industry, saw a reduction of approximately 1.5 percent in its stock value. Nevertheless, the broader Stoxx 600 index, less dominated by tech stocks, showed a modest increase in early trading.
