Wall Street spirals downward

Get Our Email Newsletter
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region.

AI and interest rates combined to send the U.S. stock market downward on Thursday in one of its worst days since April, according to the Associated Press.

The S&P 500 sank 1.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 672 points, or 1.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 2.6%, as of 1:15 p.m. They each fell to, respectively, 6,740, 47,527 and 22,857.

Nvidia saw a 4.9% drop, with other AI companies like Super Micro Computer dropping 8.2%, Palantir Technologies falling 7% and Broadcom shedding 5.6%.

Several stocks outside of AI fell as traders worried about the Federal Reserve not cutting interest rates in December, which had been the prevailing assumption.

Digital Partners