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Nvidia falls short of lofty investor expectations

US stocks closed lower on Wednesday as traders became nervous ahead of Nvidia’s after-market quarterly earnings release. The chipmaker’s results failed to impress investors' high expectations for revenue growth, causing tech stocks to tumble in after-hour trading. Asian markets were dragged down on Thursday as well, but losses were limited.

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Shane Strowmatt, LGT
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Nvidia reported a second-quarter revenue increase of 122% when compared to the same period last year, though this fell short of the lofty expectations set by investors. The previous quarter saw revenue growth exceeding 200%, highlighting a slowdown in the company's momentum. The company unveiled a USD 50 billion share buyback plan, and Nvidia's forecast for the current quarter roughly matched analysts’ expectations. The results, which were published after US markets closed, caused Nvidia shares to close 2% lower on Wednesday and plummet another 7% in after-hour trading.

AI-related stocks under pressure

The chipmaker, which had a market capitalisation of almost USD 3.2 trillion dollars before the earnings release, is the second-largest company in the S&P 500, making up nearly 7% of the benchmark index. The drop in Nvidia’s stock expected on Thursday is likely to drag down US stock indices due to its size and influence on the overall tech sector. Ahead of the release of the results, traders were already becoming jittery with tech stocks falling late in Wednesday’s session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 dropped 1.2% on Wednesday, the S&P 500 lost 0.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial slipped 0.4%.

Other artificial intelligence-related stocks were among the Nasdaq indices’ biggest losers on Wednesday. Arm Holdings lost 4.5%, Micron dropped 3.1%, AMD slipped 2.8% and Intel fell 2.3%. Chipmaker stocks lost further ground in after-hour trading.

Asian stocks follow Wall Street down

In the Asia-Pacific region, stock markets soured after Nvidia’s results were released but losses remained limited. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was down 0.1% on Thursday and in South Korea, the Kospi lost 1%, dragged down by tech giant Samsung, which was trading 2.9% lower. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.3% lower. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and China’s mainland CSI 300 were both down about 0.1%.

Bank of Israel maintains key interest rate

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