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WSJ What’s News

Global Stocks Sink on Renewed AI Jitters

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for June 8. Markets across Asia and Europe are falling, tracking Friday’s Wall Street rout. WSJ editor Peter Landers says tech stocks–especially in South Korea–are being especially hard hit amid “extraordinary sensitivity” among investors over the outlook for future AI growth. Plus, Israel and Iran exchange fire for the first time in months. And Apple prepares to unveil a ChatGPT-like revamp of its Siri voice assistant in a bid to catch up in the AI race. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Global stocks sink on fresh investor concerns about a potential AI bubble.

0:38.3

The South Korean market down 8% today.

0:40.3

That is a reflection really of what investors expect about AI globally because these

0:45.3

South Korean chip companies are serving a global market.

0:48.3

Plus, the latest from Tel Aviv as Israel and Iran exchange fire for the first time in months, and an aviation trade group

0:55.8

warns that a number of airlines may not survive the high energy prices brought on by fighting

1:01.1

in the Middle East. It's Monday, June 8th. I'm Lou Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

1:05.5

and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:16.1

Global markets are sliding today following Friday's Wall Street route that saw the NASDAQ

1:21.5

fall by more than 4%. Today, Japan's Niki was dragged lower by electronics and metal stocks, while trading of South Korea's

1:30.1

Kaspi Index was halted twice in order to reduce volatility after it briefly fell more than 8%

1:36.2

thanks to big declines by chipmakers Samsung and S.K. Heinex. Peter Landers is the Wall Street

1:41.9

Journal's Asia Business Finance and Economics Editor and joins me now from Singapore.

1:47.2

Peter, help make sense of what has set this off. There was, of course, a stronger than expected jobs report back on Friday that could play some role in it, leading people to believe the Fed might be raising rates this year.

1:58.0

And then two days before on Wednesday afternoon, we had Chipmaker

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