Tech market sell-off deepens amid fears over US inflation and AI debt
What we know
Chip makers and tech investors such as Samsung and SoftBank plunge as potential interest rate hikes spook markets Business news, live updates Larry Elliott: the global economy is muddling through. But a storm is coming An accelerating sell-off of AI-linked shares has hit global markets, as fears over rising inflation and future interest rate hikes spooked traders already wary of the heavily indebted sector.
South Korea’s benchmark Kospi 200 index, which is heavily skewed towards the companies that make memory chips, fell more than 8% overnight to a six-month closing low, triggering circuit breakers that brought trading to a halt at various points.
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