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Wall Street ends sharply down as traders fret about AI disruption
The S&P 500 software and services index fell 3.8% amid concerns that AI competition will reduce margins for software companies, ahead of quarterly earnings reports from major tech firms.
- On Tuesday, U.S. equity markets fell sharply, with the S&P 500 down 59.04 points and the Nasdaq down 336.20 points , as Wall Street traders and investors worried AI would increase competition for software makers.
- Investor caution stems from AI scrutiny in recent months and Anthropic's launch of a legal tool for its Claude AI chatbot, raising competition concerns for software makers.
- Data showed major AI-linked stocks sliding while the S&P 500 software and services index fell for a fifth day, though Palantir rallied after strong quarterly results Monday.
- With big-tech reports due later this week, markets stayed on edge as Alphabet dropped before its Wednesday report and Amazon slipped ahead of its Thursday report, while the partial government shutdown postponed key jobs data due on Friday.
- Sector divergence indicated that healthcare stocks fell after Novo Nordisk warned of steep sales decline, dragging down Eli Lilly, while Walmart climbed to a $1 trillion market value and PepsiCo shares rose.
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