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Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after tech sell-off deepens

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Associated Press. (2026, October 30). Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after tech sell-off deepens. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3372800/wall-street-drops-its-worst-day-june-after-tech-sell-deepens

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On Friday, Wall Street experienced significant losses with the S&P 500 falling by 1.8 percent, marking its worst performance since June. The decline was primarily driven by a deepening sell-off in technology stocks amid concerns that excessive investment in artificial intelligence may not yield sufficient returns. Additionally, the Nasdaq composite dropped by 2.9 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 572 points, reflecting broader market unease ahead of the US midterm elections.
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On October 29, 2026, Google's parent company Alphabet saw its stock price plummet by up to 15.8%, resulting in a one-day market value loss of over $500 billion, the worst ever for the company. This drop was largely due to concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) investments not yielding returns quickly enough and fears that AI chatbots might be eating into Google's traditional search business. Despite executives touting more than 1 billion users of its Gemini AI app and promising "promising results" from ad experiments, the market reacted negatively to missed revenue targets and negative cash flow for the second consecutive quarter. This event also affected broader markets, with tech-heavy indexes like the Nasdaq dropping significantly amid a wider reassessment of US economic growth and sustainability in rapid AI spending by major tech companies.

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A sell-off for tech stocks got even worse on Friday on worries that Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial intelligence technology sent prices too high. The S&P 500 tumbled 1.8 per cent for its worst day since June, and it closed out a third straight losing week.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-31
🔮 Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after tech sell-off deepens Worries are rising about whether hundreds of billions of dollars in AI investment will produce enough profit and productivity to be worth it
2026-10-31 · South China Morning Post
Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after tech sell-off deepens · assertive framing

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Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after tech sell-off deepens Worries are rising about whether hundreds of billions of dollars in AI investment will produce enough profit and productivity to be worth it asserted
billions → drop → profit
A sell-off for tech stocks got even worse on Friday on worries that Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial intelligence technology sent prices too high. The S&P 500 tumbled 1.8 per cent for its worst day since June, and it closed out a third straight losing week. asserted
it → get → week
The weakness for technology stocks dragged the Nasdaq composite down a market-leading 2.9 per cent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 572 points, or 1.1 per cent. asserted
Average → drag → composite
The US stock market remains only 3.1 per cent below its all-time high, which has boosted the value of workers’ 401(k) accounts, but it has become increasingly shaky as Tuesday’s midterm elections in the US approach. asserted
elections → remain → US
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