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Asian shares are mixed as investors assess impact of Nvidia's fallout on global AI development

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Ho-him, C. (2026, November 13). Asian shares are mixed as investors assess impact of Nvidia's fallout on global AI development. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asian-shares-are-mixed-as-investors-assess-impact-of-nvidia-s-fallout-on-global-ai-development/article_b6f03bd1-a6d8-5bda-be33-c12a4b743d65.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-13 · by Chan Ho-him

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Asian shares showed mixed performance on Friday as investors reacted to Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia CEO, which caused Nvidia's stock to fall more than 4%. Market movements were varied across the region, with Japan's Nikkei 225 rising 0.8% and Taiwan's Taiex up 1.7%, while South Korea's Kospi index declined 0.5% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 0.9%. The report focuses on how Huang's departure, triggered by national security concerns, creates uncertainty for the global AI infrastructure development that many Asian hardware stocks depend on. Additionally, the article notes that stocks faced pressure from rising oil prices following comments from President Donald Trump regarding a potential deal with Iran.
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The company said it did not have any indication that the outage was caused by malicious activity and would treat the incident “with urgency and priority until full resolution.”
With the resignation of Jensen Huang, who co-founded the company and had been a key architect of Nvidia’s AI strategy and the broader global AI boom, new questions are being raised as to how his departure could impact the development of the technology.
“They could have been mentioned,” he said.
As the rivalry intensifies, experts say the window for countries to be able to choose freely between the two AI superpowers may be narrowing, forcing them to at one point pick between the U.S.-led Pax Silica and the China-inspired World AI Cooperation Organization.
Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund trimmed its forecast for China’s 2026 economic growth to 4.5%, just meeting the lower end of Beijing’s goal.
Index provider MSCI warned it would downgrade Indonesia from its “emerging market” status, triggering growing concerns of a capital flight.
Despite the seeming European unity this week, it remains unclear what the EU can or is willing to do.
Investors and traders are monitoring closely the U.S. monthly jobs report for September to be released on Friday, as the data could provide more signal to the likelihood of an October interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, after the Fed raised rates in September for the first time in three years.
China’s Alibaba unveiled new artificial intelligence chip technologies and plans for more powerful models on Tuesday, including what it said was China’s most powerful AI chip, days ahead of a meeting between Chinese and U.S. leaders at which competition to lead on AI technology is expected to be a major theme.
HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, leaders of rival nations in a race to dominate artificial intelligence, are expected to meet this week against a backdrop of rising concerns about the threats that rogue AI could pose to humanity.
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Stocks were also under broad pressure from an increase in oil prices after U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. didn’t “need a deal with Iran” even as the conflict in the Middle East drags on.
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With the resignation of Jensen Huang, who co-founded the company and had been a key architect of Nvidia’s AI strategy and the broader global AI boom, new questions are being raised as to how his departure could impact the development of the technology.

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HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday as investors assess what Jensen Huang’s resignation as Nvidia CEO means for the global artificial intelligence industry. asserted
resignation → assess → industry
U.S. futures edged higher despite earlier losses on Wall Street, which saw Nvidia falling more than 4% after Huang’s exit from the company. asserted
Nvidia → edge → company
Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.8% to 61,283.16. asserted
Nikkei → rise → 61,283.16
Shares of chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron were up 1.5%, while memory maker Kioxia Holdings dropped 2.5% and OpenAI investor SoftBank Group lost 5.2%. asserted
Group → drop → %
South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index declined 0.5% to 5,317.05. asserted
index → decline → 5,317.05
Memory chipmaker SK Hynix fell 2%. asserted
Hynix → fall → ?
Taiwan’s Taiex was up 1.7%, with its leading chipmaker TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., adding 0.9%. asserted
TSMC → lead → %
With the resignation of Jensen Huang, who co-founded the company and had been a key architect of Nvidia’s AI strategy and the broader global AI boom, new questions are being raised as to how his departure could impact the development of the technology. uncertain
departure → co → technology
Huang himself had been acting as the face of Nvidia and was deemed by some in the industry as bigger than Nvidia. asserted
Huang → act → Nvidia
The announcement of his resignation came Thursday after his affair raised U.S. national security concerns, with Nvidia’s longtime chief financial officer Colette Kress stepping in as interim CEO. asserted
officer → come → CEO
The Shanghai Composite index edged up 0.2% to 3,663.71. asserted
index → edge → 3,663.71
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slid 0.7% to 9,084.80. asserted
S&P → slide → 9,084.80
India’s Sensex fell 0.2%. asserted
Sensex → fall → ?
On Thursday, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 slipped 0.4%. asserted
S&P → slip → Thursday
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4%, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite also declined 0.4%. asserted
composite → drop → ?
Shares of some of Nvidia’s rivals rose on Thursday. asserted
Shares → rise → Thursday
AMD, or Advanced Micro Devices, rose 5.9%. asserted
AMD → rise → ?
Stocks were also under broad pressure from an increase in oil prices after U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. didn’t “need a deal with Iran” even as the conflict in the Middle East drags on. asserted
conflict → say → East
“We don’t need a deal with Iran,” he posted on social media. asserted
he → need → media
“Those days have long since passed. asserted
days → pass → ?
We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!” asserted
we → get → Strait
Early Friday oil prices stabilized, with Brent crude, the international standard, edging down 0.1% to $95.70 a barrel. asserted
crude → stabilize → 95.70
It was roughly at $72 per barrel in late February before the Iran war began. asserted
war → begin → February
The U.S. dollar rose to 159.91 Japanese yen from 159.84 yen. asserted
dollar → rise → yen
The euro was trading at $1.1059, up from $1.1055. asserted
euro → trade → 1.1055
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