US: Wall Street stocks rally after heavy AI-related sell-off

On Friday (November 6), US Wall Street equities experienced a significant rally, reversing a recent trend after trillions of dollars of global stock market value were wiped out due to fears of tighter US regulations for the artificial intelligence industry following Democratic election victories. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both finished higher, with technology, communication services, and industrials stocks leading the gains.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, ended lower. All three indices marked weekly losses following a brutal sell-off in the previous session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.5%, the S&P 500 rose 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index surged 4.2%, following its biggest one-day decline since April 2025.

Nvidia's stock rose nearly 3%, after its worst day since January 2025, following the emergence of a low-cost Chinese AI model, DeepSeek. Other major chipmakers, including AMD, Intel, and Micron Technology, also saw gains between 5 and 11%. Tesla and SpaceX, under Elon Musk's leadership, experienced gains of 4% and nearly 9%, respectively, after earlier weekly losses.

Gerry Sparrow, president and portfolio manager at Sparrow Capital Management, stated that most of the disruption to the AI industry's expansion would likely not occur, attributing the volatility to uncertainty surrounding the change in government from Republican-led to Democratic-led, at both the federal and state/local levels.