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The FAA has declared a rare nationwide ground stop, with nearly ten thousand flights canceled and officials citing extraordinary circumstances. Homeland Security Secretary Mullin confirmed no indication of an attack, but the disruption is already rippling through airline stocks and freight logistics, adding fresh uncertainty to an already tense travel infrastructure picture.
Shifting to semiconductors, Nvidia is now in its sixth consecutive week of declines, erasing five hundred seventy three billion dollars in market capitalization — a losing streak the company hasn't seen in fourteen years. AMD compounded the sector pain Thursday, shedding nearly nine percent as an early rally in AI chip names reversed hard, leaving investors questioning whether the broader AI trade is due for a structural reset or simply digesting an overextended run.
And on the inflation front, October's producer price index showed headline cooling, largely thanks to an eight percent plunge in diesel prices, but underlying freight costs held firm, keeping the path to financing relief murky. That squeeze is being felt unevenly across asset classes, with crypto traders in particular facing tighter conditions despite the surface-level softness in the numbers.
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