Chip funds recover after heavy selling week
AI and chip companies recovered some of their losses on Monday, but investors remained cautious.
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Shares in chip and artificial-intelligence companies recovered some of last week’s losses on the US stock market on Monday. The Nasdaq rose 1.1 per cent, while broader markets performed less strongly.
The rebound followed a heavy selling week for technology shares. According to the Associated Press, the Nasdaq ended 1.1 per cent higher on Monday and the S&P 500 rose 0.4 per cent. The Dow Jones index fell 0.1 per cent.
Investors mainly bought shares that had fallen sharply during the earlier sell-off. Reuters reported via Investing.com that the iShares Semiconductor ETF, a fund tracking major US chip companies, was up 3.6 per cent in early trading. The fund had fallen by almost 12 per cent the previous week.
The move does not mean that concerns about the AI sector have disappeared. Doubts about the sustainability of high spending on data centres, chips and computing power may play a role in such price declines. The share-price figures alone do not show which considerations were decisive for investors.
The picture also remained mixed outside the United States. AP reported that European share indices fell by more than 1 per cent on Monday, partly because of concerns about French political and economic turmoil. Rising tensions in the bond market and movements in oil prices also affected share valuations.
The development is relevant to Dutch investors because chip companies carry significant weight in European technology and stock-market indices. However, a recovery on a single trading day says little about the direction of the market. The sector remains dependent on business investment, interest-rate expectations, demand for data centres and whether revenue growth can justify the high valuations.
The figures in this article describe the state of the markets on Monday 19 October and are not a forecast. Prices can change sharply within a single trading day. The price recovery does not prove that the underlying concerns about AI investment have been structurally resolved.
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The market levels and the recovery of chip funds were reported by AP and Reuters. The text distinguishes the measured price movement from interpretations of the underlying market concerns.
- confirmed The Nasdaq rose 1.1 per cent on Monday. — Reported by AP as the closing level. source
- confirmed The S&P 500 rose 0.4 per cent and the Dow Jones fell 0.1 per cent. — Reported by AP. source
- confirmed The iShares Semiconductor ETF rose 3.6 per cent in early trading after falling by almost 12 per cent in the preceding week. — Reported by Reuters via Investing.com. source
- confirmed The underlying concerns about AI investment cannot be shown to have been resolved. — This is a cautious editorial conclusion based on the market uncertainty described by AP and Reuters. source
Editor's note
The price figures apply to Monday 19 October 2026 and are intraday or closing levels as reported by the sources. The article makes no statements about future prices.Sources
- AI stocks lead a rebound on Wall Street as European markets drop following protests — Associated Press
- US chip stocks rise after steepest weekly selloff in months — Reuters via Investing.com
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- Monday, 19 October 2026, 22:11 Chip funds recover after heavy selling week (this article)
- Monday, 19 October 2026, 22:42 AI shares recover after losses on Wall Street
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