📰 ET Markets 🔴 BEARISH 🕒 30 Oct 2026, 10:43 AM IST

Global Market: Japan's Nikkei falls 3% as AI spending concerns hit chip stocks; BOJ holds rates

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Core Development: Global Market: Japan's Nikkei falls 3% as AI spending concerns hit chip stocks; BOJ holds rates

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Market & Financial Impact: Japanese shares fell sharply as concerns over the profitability of AI investments sparked a global technology sell-off. The Nikkei 225 dropped as much as 3%, led by steep losses in chip and AI-related stocks. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan held its policy rate at 1.25% but signalled a hawkish stance, leaving the possibility of a future rate increase open.

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Actionable Insight: 🔴 Bearish Risk: Regulatory scrutiny, profit decline, or sell-off risk may create near-term volatility.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 2.8% at 50,200 GMT, after earlier falling 3%, with chip equipment manufacturers among the biggest losers.

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Official Publisher Attribution: This report is aggregated from Economic Times. ZeroLive provides live aggregation, automated sentiment synthesis, and exchange disclosure monitoring for retail market participants.

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Global Market: Japan's Nikkei falls 3% as AI spending concerns hit chip stocks; BOJ holds rates

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