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AI stock sell-off drags Wall Street down from record highs
The Business Guardian
|December 14, 2025
More drops for superstar artificial-intelligence stocks knocked Wall Street off its record heights on Friday.
The S&P 500 fell 1.1% from its all-time high for its worst day in three weeks. The weakness for tech stocks yanked the Nasdaq composite down by a market-leading 1.7%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 245 points, or 0.5%, after setting its own record the day before.
Broadcom dragged the market lower and tumbled 11.4% even though the chip company reported a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Analysts called the performance solid, and CEO Hock Tan said strong 74% growth in AI semiconductor revenue helped lead the way.
But investors may have been concerned with some of Broadcom’s financial forecasts, including how much profit it can squeeze out of each $1 of revenue. The AI heavyweight may also have simply run out of momentum after its stock came into the day with a surge of 75.3% for the year so far, more than quadruple the S&P 500's gain.
Broadcom's drop added to worries about the AI boom that flared a day before. That’s when Oracle plunged nearly 11% despite likewise reporting a bigger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
This story is from the December 14, 2025 edition of The Business Guardian.
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