Nasdaq, the stock exchange heavily weighted toward technology companies, experienced a sharp decline of 2.6 percent amid growing concerns about whether artificial intelligence-driven stocks represent an overinflated market bubble. Investors appear divided over the long-term sustainability of AI-related valuations, with some warning of potential speculative excesses. The drop reflects broader unease about whether current market enthusiasm for AI aligns with fundamental economic realities. Analysts are closely watching whether this correction signals deeper volatility ahead.


Tech-heavy Nasdaq falls 2.6 percent as debate rages over whether AI is a bubble.