Nvidia falls almost 10 per cent

Chip giant Nvidia sees shares tumble by almost 10 per cent, wiping out close to $300bn of its market cap – the largest single-day fall in value of any American company on record. As a result, Wall Street notches its worst day since the tech rout seen in early August. The sell-off spreads across to Asia where Japan’s Nikkei leads losses. Semi-conductor firms TSMC, SoftBank, Samsung and SK Hynix are all in the red. In the U.S. factory activity contracts as the ISM comes in at 47.2. We hear from former Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester who says the markets need to examine the rate projections beyond the September Fed meeting. BofA joins an ever-expanding list of American banks which doubt China’s 5 per cent GDP growth target. The private Caixin survey shows a slowdown in services growth. And in oil news, crude prices extend losses after falling more than 4 per cent yesterday with investors banking on greater supplies coming out of Libya.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.