Tech Rout Sinks Nasdaq 2.2% as Chip Wreck Hits Wall St.
The Nasdaq fell 2.2% Monday and the VIX jumped 13% as semis cracked nearly 8%. Mag 7 fractured: NVDA -4%, Alphabet hit hard, MSFT and AAPL held.
The Nasdaq fell 2.2% Monday and the VIX jumped 13% as semis cracked nearly 8%. Mag 7 fractured: NVDA -4%, Alphabet hit hard, MSFT and AAPL held.
The S&P 500’s 10 largest stocks now command roughly 37% of the index — exceeding the 2000 dot-com peak. Here’s the data and what it means.
A hot May payrolls print pushed Fed rate cuts off the table and triggered a 10.4% single-day SOXX collapse, dragging Nasdaq to its worst week in a year.
Snowflake Q1 product revenue grew 34% to $1.334B and RPO hit $9.21B as the data cloud raised FY27 guide to $5.84B, sending SNOW up roughly 35%.
Salesforce reports Q1 FY27 on May 27, 2026. Revenue guide is $11.03-$11.08B; non-GAAP EPS guide is $3.11-$3.13. The number that matters: Agentforce ARR.
Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron and AMD all fell 3-7% as $9 trillion in chip market cap tests the S&P 500’s record concentration.
Cisco beat Q3 with record $15.8B revenue, raised FY26 AI orders to $9B, and announced ~4,000 layoffs. Shares jumped about 15% after hours.
The S&P 500 closed above 7,400 for the first time as a US CEO delegation met Chinese officials and Goldman Sachs projected $1T in AI investment.
Innodata surged 86%, Rocket Lab 34%, and the chip sector swept double-digit gains — while Cloudflare and HubSpot each fell nearly 20%. Q1 2026 earnings season became a high-stakes AI report card.
Palantir smashes Q1 2026 estimates with $1.63B revenue (+85% YoY), $0.33 EPS beat, U.S. revenue up 104%, and FY 2026 guidance raised to $7.66B.