# AI sell-off grips Asian markets after steep US stock declines

https://mins.news/en/video/132352

- CNA, 2026-11-06 12:38 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_wKbDsPLg

> Anxiety over AI is hammering global financial markets. Democrats’ midterm victory in the US this week is being read as a sign of tighter limits on data-centre construction and broader restrictions on AI regulation and spending. Tech-heavy Asian economies are bearing the brunt: South Korea’s KOSPI fell nearly 9% at one point on Nov. 6, prompting a temporary trading halt, while benchmarks in Japan and Taiwan entered bear-market territory.

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