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Summary:
Nvidia fell about 7% after hours as reports said its board is weighing whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang. Bernstein, Baird and Morgan Stanley stepped back from the stock
Rival chipmakers AMD and Broadcom gained after hours, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell about 0.8%, against about 0.3% for S&P 500 futures
Asian chip stocks held up: Samsung rose almost 2% and SK Hynix 0.8%, while the Nikkei and Topix edged higher and the Hang Seng fell almost 1%
Japan’s October producer prices beat forecasts at 7.1% y/y, BoJ board member Asada urged caution on the pace of hikes, and Mimura warned that FX moves are too rapid, with USD/JPY near 160
Deutsche Bank now sees three straight Fed hikes, UBS sees two, and CBA expects higher US yields
Oil eased, with OPEC output back near prewar levels, and Strategy slipped after MSCI confirmed its removal from global indexes
Nvidia
Nvidia dominated the session. Its shares were around $161 in after-hours trading, down about 7%, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the company’s board is preparing to oust chief executive Jensen Huang. Reuters said the board was meeting on Wednesday to decide his future, and no decision had been announced at the time of writing. The reports followed a New York Times account that Huang had a relationship with Kimberly Powell, an executive who reports to him. The board was already investigating his ties to a businesswoman whom US officials identified as a Chinese intelligence asset.
Wall Street analysts have moved quickly. Bernstein’s Stacy Rasgon downgraded Nvidia to Market Perform and halved his price target to $200. He left his earnings forecasts unchanged and cut the valuation multiple instead, saying AI demand remains very strong but that the leadership risk is not yet fully understood. Baird had already downgraded the stock to Neutral with a $200 target, and Morgan Stanley also stepped back.
The selling has not hit the whole AI trade evenly. Rivals AMD and Broadcom rose after hours. Bloomberg Intelligence said Google’s TPU chips could win share if customers diversify away from Nvidia, and it sees TPU sales topping $50 billion in 2027. Super Micro Computer, CoreWeave and Oracle, which depend heavily on Nvidia hardware, fell. Nasdaq 100 futures were down about 0.8%, against about 0.3% for S&P 500 futures.
The calendar next week is busy. Nvidia reports results on November 17, three House committee chairs have requested a briefing with Huang on November 18, and Anthropic’s market debut is expected on November 19, with Nvidia among its private placement buyers.
Asian equities
Asia’s chip supply chain held up better than US futures suggested it might. In Seoul, Samsung Electronics rose almost 2% and SK Hynix gained about 0.8%, helping the Kospi edge up about 0.4%, although the tech-heavy Kosdaq slipped about 0.8%. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose about 0.25% to around 61,400 and the Topix gained about 0.5%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell almost 1%, while the Shanghai Composite added about 0.2%. Overall, the moves suggest investors are treating the Nvidia shock as a governance problem specific to the company, not a verdict on AI demand.
Japan
Japan’s corporate goods price index rose 7.1% from a year earlier in October, above the 6.5% forecast. Oil, chemicals, steel and utilities drove the gain, and a weak yen lifted yen-based import prices by about 25% y/y. The data strengthen the case for a Bank of Japan hike in December.
Not everyone on the board is in a hurry. Policy board member Toichiro Asada, who voted against both of this year’s hikes, said in a speech that policy is already within the estimated neutral range and that the Bank should give due consideration to the pace of further increases.
Currency officials stepped up their warnings. Atsushi Mimura, vice finance minister for international affairs, said currency moves over recent days had been too rapid. USD/JPY traded in a narrow range just below 160, around 159.70, a level that preceded actual intervention twice this year.
US rates and the Fed
Banks continued to adjust to Tuesday’s hot US inflation report. Deutsche Bank expects quarter-point Fed hikes in December, January and March. UBS keeps a base case of hikes in December and March and sees limited support for a 50 basis point move, despite Governor Christopher Waller raising the idea. Commonwealth Bank of Australia said Treasury yields have room to rise, as growth and Fed hike expectations outweigh the drag from lower oil prices.
Oil and gold
Oil eased, with Brent down about 1.4% to around $91.40 and WTI down about 1.3% to around $85.40. OPEC data showed the group’s crude output rising by nearly 2 million barrels a day in October, close to prewar levels, as Saudi Arabia lifted production to around 10.6 million barrels a day using pipelines and other workarounds. Flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain far below normal. Spot gold slipped about 0.3% to around $3,987 an ounce, holding below $4,000 as Fed hike expectations weigh on the metal.
Strategy
Strategy shares were around $119 after hours, down about 2.6%, after MSCI confirmed it will remove the bitcoin treasury company from its global indexes, including the MSCI USA Index, after the close on November 30. It is the first removal under MSCI’s new rule excluding non-operating companies. Analysts have estimated selling by index-tracking funds at about $2.8 billion. Bitcoin was little changed at around $73,800.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
