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title: "FTSE closes near one-month low as Nvidia shares retreat"
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# FTSE closes near one-month low as Nvidia shares retreat

**Published:** November 18, 2025
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** B2B, Blogs, Business & Support Services, Technology, Technology, Media & Telecoms
**Tags:** 3i, AI boom, AI bubble, Antofagasta, chatGPT, Christopher Waller, Federal Reserve, FTSE 100, Melrose, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, silicon valley
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Britain’s stock market has suffered its steepest one-day drop since the early phase of Donald Trump’s trade war, as the sell-off gripping global markets swept through London.

The blue-chip **FTSE 100** closed **123 points lower**, down **1.27%** at **9,552**, marking its weakest finish since **22 October**.

Today’s decline is the sharpest since **7 April**, shortly after Trump unveiled his so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs that rattled markets worldwide.

Among the biggest fallers were **Melrose** (-3.9%), **Antofagasta** (-3.7%) and private-equity group **3i** (-3.6%), reflecting the broad-based pressure across industrials, commodities and financials.

UK, European and Asian markets tumbled on Tuesday, while bitcoin slid to a seven-month low, after US Federal Reserve governor **Christopher Waller** warned that “eye-popping” layoffs could soon hit major companies.

The grim outlook added to already-fragile sentiment, with investors bracing for pivotal data on the health of the US economy and growing anxious that artificial-intelligence high-flyers may be on the brink of a sharp correction.

**Nvidia shares fall ahead of chipmaker’s results tomorrow**

Nvidia shares slipped **2pc** on Tuesday as investors braced for the company’s highly anticipated earnings release on Wednesday night.

The California-based chipmaker — now the **world’s most valuable company** — will report its third-quarter results at **10pm tomorrow**, a moment that could send ripples across Wall Street given Nvidia’s outsized influence on this year’s market rally.

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