Nvidia shares rose 2.78% and AMD shares gained 11.04% on Friday, recovering only part of their steep losses the day before. Nvidia had fallen 9.3% and AMD 17.3%; both remained well below their October peaks. The rebound did not settle whether the selloff was a correction or the start of a deeper downturn.
The weakness extended to Asia: South Korea’s KOSPI fell 6% on Friday, and Taiwan’s benchmark lost more than 8% over the week. Reuters reported that Taiwanese officials asked state-owned banks to help support prices. Concerns cited in the source include possible limits on data-center development and the high cost of building AI infrastructure, but broader bond markets were still operating relatively normally, offering no proof of a system-wide crisis.
