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title: "Wall Street drifts ahead of open as tech rout sours mood"
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published: "2025-11-21T12:45:02+00:00"
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# Wall Street drifts ahead of open as tech rout sours mood

**Published:** November 21, 2025
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** Blogs, Technology, Technology, Media & Telecoms
**Tags:** 3i, AI boom, AI bubble, Antofagasta, AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, chatGPT, Christopher Waller, Federal Reserve, FTSE 100, Games Workshop, Jensen Huang, Melrose, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Rolls Royce, silicon valley
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Wall Street showed little sense of direction in premarket trading following a bruising sell-off in technology stocks on Thursday.

**Nvidia** slipped a further **2pc** ahead of the opening bell after a highly volatile session in which its shares surged as much as **5pc** before reversing to close **3.2pc lower**.

All three major US indexes are now on course for their **worst weekly decline since March**, with the **Nasdaq** retreating sharply from its October highs and sliding toward a steep monthly loss as doubts grow over whether AI-focused companies can truly live up to the market’s lofty expectations.

The outlook for US interest rates also remains clouded. Brokerages are split on whether the Federal Reserve will deliver a **December rate cut**, following the long-delayed September jobs report — the final employment data point before next month’s policy decision. Traders currently assign roughly a **37pc chance** of a reduction in borrowing costs.

In premarket trading, the **S&P 500 dipped 0.2pc**, the **Nasdaq slid 0.6pc**, while the **Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1pc higher**, reflecting the market’s tentative and uncertain tone.

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