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Microsoft suffers $452b stock rout as investors question AI spending
The Straits Times
|January 31, 2026
Microsoft shares got caught up in a selloff on Jan 29 that wiped out US$357 billion (S$452 billion) in value, the second largest for a single session in stock market history.
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The software giant’s stock closed down 10 per cent, its biggest plunge since March 2020, following its earnings report after the bell on Jan 28, which showed record spending on artificial intelligence (AI) as growth at its key cloud unit slowed.
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