Shares of Nvidia jumped over 5% in post-market trade after its revenue forecast beat estimates, helping lift other AI-related stocks. Contracts for the S&P 500 rose 1.2% and those for the Nasdaq 100 jumped 1.7%, as relief following Nvidia boosted risk assets after worries over AI froth roiled markets in the past week. Alphabet Inc. soared after a wave of glowing reviews for the newly released version of its Gemini AI model.
South Korea’s Kospi tanks 8% despite US-Iran war optimism. Here are 4 reasons why
The benchmark Kospi plunged 551 points, or 8.1%, to 6,2505. The steep decline triggered “sidecar” trading curbs on both the Kospi and the junior Kosdaq