Chip stocks tumble as Trump comments rattle investors

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Markets also fret over report that US is looking to impose tougher semiconductor trade restrictions on China

Semiconductor stocks tumbled on Wednesday after former US president Donald Trump said Taiwan should pay for its own defence and the US was reported to be considering tougher restrictions on trading chips with China. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index fell 2.8 per cent in New York, marking its worst day since December 2022. The S&P 500 index was 1.4 per cent lower, ending a three-session winning streak.

“If the rotation from outperforming tech morphs into a bigger rout in the megacap stocks that have been driving the bus , then there is really no place for investors to hide,” he added.

 

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