There's no shortage of uncertainties surrounding productivity gains to be had from the AI boom. Will embracing next-generation large language models (LLMs) actually lead to an earnings boost? And when will such a boost be on the horizon?

This triggered massive selloffs in megacap stocks. Nvidia (NVDA) fell 17%, losing over $500 billion in market capitalization -- a record-breaking decline, larger than the entire market cap of companies like Mastercard (MA), Netflix (NFLX), Costco (COST), and Bank of America (BAC).

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), a prominent player in the Semiconductors industry with a market capitalization of $947 billion and impressive 75.2% gross profit margin, has launched a new line of Emulex Secure Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) designed to encrypt data on the move between servers and storage arrays.

The S&P 500 growth index, which is heavily populated by tech stocks, dropped about 3.6% on Monday, while the counterpart value stock index rose nearly 1%. That was the biggest one-day percentage point advantage for value stocks over growth in the roughly 30 years of data on record, according to LSEG data.

Other AI-related companies also held steadier, including chip company Broadcom, which rose 2.6%. Constellation Energy picked up 1.4% after plummeting nearly 21% on Monday. It had earlier rallied on expectations it will help supply the electricity that vast AI data centers would gobble up.

Chinese startup DeepSeek has debuted an AI app that challenges OpenAI's ChatGPT and other U.S. rivals, sending a shock through Wall Street.

Shares of Oracle ( ORCL 6.75%) are flying higher on Wednesday. The company's stock is up 6.4% as of 11:20 a.m. ET, but gained as much as 11.3% earlier in the day. The sharp move came as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.7% and 1.3%, respectively.

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The enthusiasm surrounding AI has already been driving the broader market rally since 2024. The S&P 500 gained 23.3% in 2024 after climbing 24.2% in 2023. The index jumped 53% in the last two years, recording its best performance since the 66% gain in 1997-98.

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Stock futures are pointing to a mixed open for major indexes Tuesday as the market steadies itself after yesterday's sharp downturn.