US: Stocks fall as Nvidia results hit AI shares

WALL Street stocks tumbled on Thursday (Feb 27), extending a rough period as disappointment with Nvidia earnings and fresh tariff rhetoric from Donald Trump pressured the market.

While Nvidia reported impressive profits, shares finished down 8.5 per cent, with investors seemingly wanting more from the artificial intelligence company.

“Investors have gotten used to having Nvidia blow the door off,” said Jack Ablin of Cresset Capital. “They did well but they did not blow the door off.”

Ablin also cited remarks from Trump indicating that 25 per cent tariffs on Mexico and Canada would go into effect on Tuesday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 0.5 per cent at 43,239.50.

The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 1.6 per cent to 5,861.57, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.8 per cent to 18,544.42.

After shooting to records earlier this month, US indices have struggled in recent sessions following a trove of lacklustre economic data as Trump presses on with assertive trade policy and government job cuts.

On Thursday, weekly jobless claims exceeded estimates, while pending home sales also disappointed.

Other AI companies fell, including Arm Holdings, which lost 6.2 per cent and Broadcom, which dropped 7.1 per cent.

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