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Wall Street stocks fell on Thursday, reversing earlier market gains that followed NVIDIA's

strong third-quarter earnings and seemingly reignited fears of an AI bubble.

Shares in the AI chipmaker, which opened 5% higher in the morning, were down by over 3% when markets closed.

The SMP 500 and the tech-heavy NASDAQ ended the day roughly 1.5% and 2% lower, respectively.

Volodymy Zelensky, Ukraine's president, is expected to speak with Donald Trump in the next few days

after America presented him with a peace plan.

The proposal, which America drew up with Russia without

Ukrainian involvement appears to demand that Ukraine capitulates to Russia. Kaya Kallis, the European

Union's top diplomat, said that peace efforts should instead, quote, put the pressure on the aggressor.

America's economy added 119,000 jobs in September, according to a delayed report from the Bureau

of Labor Statistics. Several polls had predicted it would add just 50,000 new jobs. However,

unemployment reached 4.4% its highest level since 2021,

due to 470,000 people entering the labour force.

The report may deter policy makers at the Federal Reserve

from cutting rates in December.

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