Key Takeaways
- Tech stocks lost ground Monday, including every member of the Magnificent 7 except Tesla.
- Nvidia's stock slipped even as the AI chipmaker announced a series of AI healthcare partnerships, as the Biden administration proposed new rules on exporting AI chips.
- Recent comments from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have sent quantum computing stocks reeling.
Technology stocks struggled across the board Monday, including declines among Magnificent 7 firms and a 🌠big hit to quantum computing stocks.
The 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:S&P 500 technology sector fell about 0.9%, and the tech-heavy 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Nasdaq Composite finished 0.4% lower. The decline follows broad market struggles 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:on Friday after labor market data for December came in 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:hotter than expected, leading investors to scale back their expectations for 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Federal Reserve rate cuts.
The Magnificent 7 were not spared, with Nvidia (NVDA) stock losing 2% and Apple (AAPL) and Meta Platforms (META) shares declining about 1%. The only member of the group in the green was Tesla (TSLA), with shares up 2%.
Nvidia's drop came even as the chipmaker announced a series of AI healthcare partnerships with Mayo Clinic, IQVIA Holdings (IQV), and Illumina (ILMN) on Monday, as the Biden administration proposed new rules on exporting AI chips. Nvidia called the new restrictions, meant to limit AI chip sales to certain countries, "misguided" in a blog post Monday.
Quantum Computing Stocks Fall
Shares of quantum computing companies continue🌱d to slide Monday after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerꦜberg followed the lead of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with comments throwing cold water on the sector.
In a Friday appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience," Zuckerberg said he believes quantum computing is "still quite a ways off from being a very useful paradigm." That followed 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:comments from Huang last week that "very useful quantum computers" are st🌱ill 15 to 30 years away.
Rigetti Computing (RGTI) shares plunged 32%, while D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) lost close to 34%, IonQ (IONQ) fell 14%, and Quantum Computing (QUBT) dropped 27%.
UPDATE—Jan. 13, 2025: This article has been updated to include additional information on proposed U.S. export rules and reflect more recent share price values.