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Wall Street’s fears around artificial intelligence-driven disruption affecting software companies continued to put pressure on global stocks on Wednesday.
In premarket U.S.
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More drops for technology stocks weighed on Wall Street Wednesday.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 0.5% for its fifth modest loss in the last six days. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 260 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.5%.
More than twice as many stocks rose within the S&P 500 than fell,
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China’s Hong Kong-listed technology stocks slid into bear market territory on Thursday,
Asian shares slipped Thursday after more drops for technology stocks weighed on Wall Street.
U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices sank more than $1 a barrel.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.7% to 53,935.77, while the Kospi in South Korea skidded 3.2%, to 5,199.47.
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In the span of two days, hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped off the value of stocks, bonds and loans of companies big and small across Silicon Valley
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest kept buying into the crypto slump, adding to positions tied to digital assets as Bitcoin steadied in the mid $70,000s and sentiment stayed fragile.
Trade disclosures showed the firm’s ETFs bought about $3.25M of Bitmine Immersion Technologies on Tuesday, adding exposure to a stock that has tracked the broader slide in crypto-linked names.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) climbed about 600 points, or 0.6%, and tapped the 49,600 region on Wednesday, gaining ground on the back of climbing pharmaceutical stocks. The S&P 500 shed approximately 0.5% while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.4%, weighed down by continued weakness in semiconductor and software stocks. Markets remained in rotation mode,
