Nvidia loses top spot as chip stocks drop 13% in Asia and US
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Nvidia's 5% stock fall triggered an 8% initial slide and eventual 10.8% closing drop in South Korea's Kospi index, led by tech firms Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix falling over 13%, indicating heightened volatility for AI-related chip stocks that could impact production costs and supply chain stability for companies shipping AI-dependent products.
South Korea’s Kospi was halted after an 8% drop and closed 10.8% lower, with Samsung and SK Hynix down more than 13%, while Nvidia fell 5% after reports it may help finance OpenAI’s data-center buildout. The market is starting to price AI infrastructure as a balance-sheet and financing risk, not just demand upside, which matters if your roadmap assumes cheap, continuously expanding Nvidia/HBM capacity or stable vendor economics.