Japanese technology shares declined due to the global market impact of a new, low-cost Chinese AI model by DeepSeek. Nvidia and other tech companies saw significant losses as investors reevaluated the high valuations and dominance of current AI leaders in light of this new competition.
China's crude oil demand is also expected to be hit by the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian oil trade. FGE analysts see refineries in Shandong losing up to 1 million barrels per day of crude supply in the near-term amid a ban imposed by the Shandong Port Group on U.S.-sanctioned tankers.
The tech industry has had an insatiable appetite for Nvidia’s chips over the last two years. But the feast may be over sooner than many had expected.
The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were British American Tobacco, up 142p to 3,150p, ConvaTec, up 9p to 248.4p, GSK, up 45.5p to 1,402p, Airtel Africa, up 3.3p to 129.3p, and Unilever, up 99p to 4,643p.
London stocks ended Monday with a mixed performance as investors braced for a week dominated by key interest rate decisions and major corporate earnings.
Chip giant Nvidia ( NVDA) was more than 11% lower in the first hour of US trading. Industry peer ASML ( ASML) lost 8%, while Arm ( ARM ), Broadcom ( AVGO ), and Micron Technology ( MU) also got hammered.
DeepSeek (logo pictured) sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley last week as it launched a new AI assistant. Now, shares in existing AI players are tumbling as $1trillion is wiped from the market.
Japan’s chip-related stocks fall as DeepSeek gained momentum, raising concerns about a challenge to America’s global leadership in artificial intelligence.