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AI stock selloff spreads to Asia after Nasdaq drops 5.5%

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Asian markets fell sharply at the open on 6 November 2026 after the Nasdaq lost 5.5% the previous day. Reuters reports an initial 7% Nikkei drop and losses of more than 8% in South Korean and Taiwanese benchmarks.

New York Stock Exchange facade.
NYSE facade, June 2024. Archive illustration; not the trading session. Ryan Schwark, CC0; resized. — Ryan Schwark / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ; 14 June 2024; resized.

The Asian figures are intraday moves, not closing prices. Reuters and AP report particular pressure on chips and AI infrastructure.

Investors fear slower data center expansion and increased oversight following the US elections. Those market concerns do not establish that new bans have been enacted.

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