US stocks fell on Friday as more details over a global IT outage trickled in and the major averages failed to recover from a sell-off that saw the Dow snap a run of wins.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.7% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) declined 0.8%. Both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 posted their worst week since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) slipped almost 1%.
Stocks fell after a wobbly handful of sessions that saw a dive in tech, with AI-focused chip stocks bearing the brunt. Investors are rotating out of the tech heavyweights that have fueled the recent rally and into small caps, seen by some as benefiting more from interest-rate cuts.
In the early hours, investors assessed the potential impact of an “unprecedented” failure in computer systems worldwide that grounded flights and hit banks, telecoms and media companies, among others. But concerns eased after CrowdStrike (CRWD) said a fix was in place for the glitch, a botched update that affected Microsoft-based (MSFT) systems.
CrowdStrike shares plunged as much as 20% as the outage spread, but pared losses to 11%. Shares of Microsoft — which was working on problems with its Azure cloud services — were down less than 1%.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump used his nomination speech on Thursday to say he would “end the electric vehicle mandate on day one.” His comment comes as the market wakes up to the “Trump trade” — the implications of his policies for assets if the former president takes the White House.
Next week investors will get another glimpse at the state of the consumer and economy when more earnings roll in, including quarterly results from beverage giant Coca-Cola (KO), delivery service UPS (UPS) and EV maker (TSLA).
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Chip stocks slip again, set to end week with heavy losses
Chip stocks retreated on Friday, set to end the week heavily in the red.
Nvidia (NVDA) dropped more than 2% during the session. The AI heavyweight is on pace to end the week with losses of more than 8%.
Chip equipment maker ASML (ASML) also declined on Friday, on track to tally a decline of 17% over the past five sessions.
The sell-off in semiconductors went into full gear earlier this week as geopolitical headwinds emerged. Investor worries grew over a report regarding the possibility of tighter US restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to China.
Recent comments from former President Donald Trump during a Bloomberg interview about Taiwan, a major chip manufacturing hub, also helped spur a sell-off.
Chip losses over the past 5 sessions, as of 1:45 p.m ET on Friday Nvidia, Tesla lead losses on Nasdaq 100
The Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) sank to a session low, down roughly 1% on Friday.
EV manufacturer Tesla (TSLA) dropped more than 4% while shares of chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) sank more than 2%.
Other semiconductors also dropped with Intel (INTC) falling more than 5% and ASML (ASML) declining 3%.
Nasdaq 100 sank roughly 1% by 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday. 
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