13 Oct 2026, 12:30 PM

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsSusannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at the broker Wealth Club, says the tech-light nature of the FTSE should give it some protection from the AI sell-off in Asia when the UK’s market opens shortly.The sell-off drama has been concentrated in Asia, with South Korea’s Kospi plunging by around 6% and Japan’s Nikkei falling by more than 2% as semiconductor stocks sold off. The tech-heavy Nasdaq in the US also looks set for another slide as worries creep in about just how much tougher the landscape will be ahead, just as the Fed weighs whether further rate rises will be needed in the months to come.Advances by China’s CXMT have sent a shiver of apprehension through the market, after the company reported ‘key progress’ on a new cell architecture designed to bolster memory density, with plans for a product rollout. This is a highly competitive field, with rivals Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix also hard at work at this edge of innovation. It’s raised big questions yet again about valuations based on bumper earnings projections and the scarcity of products, given the progress of rivals. Continue reading...

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