📉 Nasdaq 100 falls 1.4% as Nvidia crisis rattles AI trade

The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.4% in a session where the decline was attributed to a crisis affecting Nvidia, a bellwether for the artificial intelligence trade. Because Nvidia carries substantial index weight, a sharp move in its shares transmits directly into the Nasdaq 100, and the sell-off also reflects a repricing of growth expectations across AI-linked equities. The most exposed assets are Nvidia itself, followed by semiconductor peers and hyperscale cloud names whose capital spending plans depend on continued AI infrastructure demand, while the broader index absorbs the spillover through its concentrated mega-cap weighting. Traders should watch the next session's behavior in Nvidia relative to the index, along with any company disclosure or analyst revisions clarifying the nature and scope of the reported crisis.

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is the US large-cap tech benchmark. NDX is more sensitive to rate decisions than SPX because of longer-duration cash flows, and heavily concentrated in Tech/Comms names — mega-cap earnings season dominates price action.

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