{"id":140591,"title":"Chipmakers lead Wall Street losses in early trading","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-09-14T14:15:37+00:00","modified":"2026-09-14T14:15:37+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/chipmakers-lead-wall-street-losses-in-early-trading/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/chipmakers-lead-wall-street-losses-in-early-trading.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/chipmakers-lead-wall-street-losses-in-early-trading.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Technology","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["Anthropic","Dario Amodei","Federal Reserve","Intel","Marvell Technology","Nvidia","Wall Street"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WALL-STREET-13-MARCH.webp?fit=1200%2C800&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"**Wall Street’s chipmakers were among the biggest fallers on Monday**, as investors reacted to concerns that a slowdown in AI development could weaken demand across the sector.\n\n**Astera Labs fell 9.3%, Arm Holdings and Intel dropped around 7.5%, Micron lost 7.1% and Marvell Technology fell almost 7%**. Nvidia, the world’s largest company by market value, fell about 3.8%.\n\nThe wider technology sector came under pressure after **Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for companies to slow the pace of AI development**, raising concerns over future demand for chips, data centres and other AI infrastructure.\n\nThe sell-off comes as investors are already grappling with **Brent crude above $108 a barrel and renewed inflation concerns linked to the Iran conflict**, increasing pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep monetary policy tight.\n\nTraders are pricing an **88% chance of a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase this week**, adding further pressure to highly valued technology stocks.\n\nThe **Nasdaq Composite fell as much as 1.3% to 25,992.54**, while the **S&P 500 declined 0.8% to 7,597.05** and the **Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.4% to 52,385.52**."}