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NEWS · 10m ago

AI Plunge Goes Global as Democrat Midterm Gains Hit Markets from Wall Street to Europe.

Britain’s FTSE 100 dropped sharply in Friday trading as a Wall Street technology sell-off triggered by the midterms rippled across Asia and into European markets. The United Kingdom's main index fell 2.1 percent in the morning session. Overnight, Japan’s Nikkei had already plunged six percent after U.S. equity losses spread eastward.

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