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S&P 500 futures 7,587.25 down 0.70%Nasdaq 100 futures 28,108.25 down 1.28%Dow futures 52,378.00 down 0.38%Russell 2000 futures 2,836.80 down 0.59%

Premarket brief ·

Stock futures slide as Nvidia and AI infrastructure names sell off

Nov 12 · Premarket

Nasdaq futures −1.28%
AFL +2.31%, NBIS −14.54%

US futures are lower, led by a 1.28% drop in Nasdaq 100 futures. Nvidia fell about 9% premarket on a report about its CEO, and AI infrastructure stocks fell with it. Cisco and Applied Materials may report after the close.

Futures

US stock futures point to a weaker open. S&P 500 futures are down 0.7%. Nasdaq 100 futures are down 1.28%, the weakest of the four. Dow futures are down 0.38%, and Russell 2000 futures are down 0.59%.

Themes

AI infrastructure & data centers ▼ median −6.22%: NBIS −14.54%, CRWV −9.99%, SMCI −6.62%, DELL −5.82%, HPE −3.48%, VRT −3.22%

Semiconductors ▼ median −3.65%: NVDA −8.77%, ALAB −4.36%, MRVL −4.12%, ARM −3.65%, MPWR −3.29%, INTC −3.26%, and 1 more

Memory & storage ▼ median −4.36%: SNDK −6.30%, MU −4.45%, STX −4.36%, WDC −3.93%, P −3.27%

AI infrastructure & data centers: The group fell, with a median move of −6.22%. Nebius (NBIS) dropped 14.54% and CoreWeave (CRWV) fell 9.99%. Super Micro (SMCI) lost 6.62% and Dell (DELL) lost 5.82%. A report said voters rejected data centers in 10 states, which raises regulatory risk for the AI build-out.

Semiconductors: The group fell, with a median move of −3.65%. Nvidia (NVDA) fell 8.77%, Astera Labs (ALAB) fell 4.36% and Marvell (MRVL) fell 4.12%. Nvidia's drop followed a New York Times report that CEO Jensen Huang had a second affair and that the board is preparing to remove him.

Memory & storage: The group fell, with a median move of −4.36%. Sandisk (SNDK) fell 6.3% and Micron (MU) fell 4.45%.

Biggest premarket movers

CompanyReasonLastChange
Aflac AFLNo clear news$130.00+2.31%
Phillips 66 PSXNo clear news$264.19+2.19%
Edwards Lifesciences EWNo clear news$108.04+2.11%
ExxonMobil XOMNo clear news$169.55+1.75%
Nebius NBISFell with the AI infrastructure & data centers group (median −6.22%); no company news found$132.20−14.54%
CoreWeave CRWVFell with the AI infrastructure & data centers group (median −6.22%); no company news found$54.70−9.99%
Nvidia NVDAA New York Times report said CEO Jensen Huang had a second affair and that the board is preparing to remove him.$158.50−8.77%
Super Micro Computer SMCIFell with the AI infrastructure & data centers group (median −6.22%); no company news found$28.41−6.62%

Nvidia (NVDA) fell 8.77% after the report about its CEO and the board.

Nebius (NBIS) fell 14.54%, CoreWeave (CRWV) fell 9.99% and Super Micro (SMCI) fell 6.62%. All three moved in line with the AI infrastructure group.

On the upside, Aflac (AFL) rose 2.31% and Phillips 66 (PSX) rose 2.19%. Edwards Lifesciences (EW) gained 2.11% and ExxonMobil (XOM) gained 1.75%.

What to watch

  • After the close Applied Materials (AMAT) · date not confirmed
  • After the close Cisco (CSCO) · date not confirmed

Cisco (CSCO) and Applied Materials (AMAT) may report after the close, though neither date is confirmed. Both sell into the AI and chip build-out, so traders may look to them after today's selloff in those stocks.

Sources

Rick Liu

AI & software engineer, University of Waterloo. Built PreBell to read earnings the way an analyst would, without the analyst.