Dow Drops After Hours, AI Rally Sidesteps Blue Chips
The Dow Jones fell 104.70 points, or 0.21%, to 50,762.08 as tech and chip stocks rebounded sharply, with the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index up 6.2% after Friday’s $1 trillion selloff; Apple dropped 1.4% despite its AI event, and investors now await Wednesday’s inflation data and Middle East energy risks as the next key tests for the market’s fragile rebound.