Nasdaq Drops After Hours as AI Stocks and Chip Names Fall
US stocks fell on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both closing at their lowest in more than a week after chip stocks tumbled. The moves ended the relative calm that followed last week’s Middle East de-escalation. According to MarketWatch, the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.00%, the S&P 500 lost 1.31%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.04%. Chips are now where the pressure sits for the market. Investors have leaned on artificial-intelligence stocks for most of this year’s gains, so when those names get repriced, indexes react quickly. That’s even more the case as some traders bet on more Fed rate hikes.