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Stocks in the artificial intelligence sector moved sharply in different directions after U.S. midterm elections that brought Democratic victories, with large cloud-computing companies gaining while chipmakers and infrastructure firms faced selling pressure.
Microsoft and Amazon rose as investors anticipated that greater political resistance to data-center construction could slow infrastructure expansion and reduce capital spending. Nvidia and CoreWeave were among companies whose shares declined, alongside other semiconductor producers and AI infrastructure developers.
Nomura said Democratic victories in gubernatorial races could lead to tighter permitting requirements for new data centers. JPMorgan’s James Sullivan said higher borrowing spreads for debt-financed cloud operators have increased their capital costs relative to larger companies with diversified revenue streams.
Jim Cramer cautioned that investors may be placing too much weight on the election outcome. He said midterm elections do not change broader economic factors such as interest rates, commodity prices, Federal Reserve policy, corporate earnings and credit conditions.
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