The chaos is mostly a tech-stock phenomenon. The equal-weight S&P 500 is actually at a record high.

Tech companies are waking up to the fact that AI may be more likely to replace them than help them.

As much as $800bn wiped off software-heavy Nasdaq index in New York as traders mount firesale

The chaos is mostly a tech-stock phenomenon. The equal-weight S&P 500 is actually at a record high.

Software stocks plunged so much that the value of those tracked in an iShares ETF has now dropped almost $1 trillion over the past seven days.

A slump in technology stocks snowballed into Asia as mounting anxiety over frothy valuations and massive AI spending drove investors to trim exposure.