{"id":120989,"date":"2025-11-18T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=120989"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:04:02","slug":"european-shares-slump-as-ai-valuation-jitters-deepen-nvidia-in-focus-oil-eases-as-russian-exports-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/european-shares-slump-as-ai-valuation-jitters-deepen-nvidia-in-focus-oil-eases-as-russian-exports-resume\/11\/18\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"European shares slump as AI valuation jitters deepen; Nvidia in focus, oil eases as Russian exports resume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>European equities fell sharply, mirroring Wall Street\u2019s tech-led selloff as investors questioned the durability of artificial-intelligence premiums ahead of Nvidia\u2019s earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>08:05 GMT<\/strong>, Germany\u2019s <strong>DAX<\/strong> and France\u2019s <strong>CAC 40<\/strong> each slid <strong>1.3%<\/strong>, while the U.K.\u2019s <strong>FTSE 100<\/strong> dropped <strong>1.0%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI exuberance under scrutiny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A renewed reassessment of AI-driven multiples weighed on global risk appetite after U.S. benchmarks retreated Monday, with the <strong>Dow<\/strong> off more than <strong>500 points (-1.2%)<\/strong> and both the <strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong> and <strong>Nasdaq Composite<\/strong> lower. Alphabet CEO <strong>Sundar Pichai<\/strong> warned in a BBC interview that a bursting of an AI bubble would have economy-wide repercussions\u2014remarks that fed into the risk reset.<br>All eyes now turn to <strong>Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)<\/strong> on <strong>Wednesday<\/strong>, a bellwether for AI infrastructure spending and a litmus test for whether earnings momentum can sustain a three-year valuation surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">U.S. data calendar restarts; rate path in play<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With Washington\u2019s shutdown over, delayed releases begin to reappear. <strong>Factory orders (Aug.)<\/strong> are due later Tuesday, but the marquee print is <strong>September nonfarm payrolls on Thursday<\/strong>, the final major labor datapoint before the <strong>Dec. 10\u201311<\/strong> Fed meeting.<br>Fed Governor <strong>Christopher Waller<\/strong> on Monday flagged labor-market risks and argued for another <strong>25 bp<\/strong> cut in December, even as market-implied odds for such a move have drifted down to <strong>~40%<\/strong> from <strong>~55%<\/strong> a week earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Movers in Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Imperial Brands (LON: IMB)<\/strong>: Adjusted operating profit rose nearly <strong>5%<\/strong>, supported by pricing and next-gen products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Crest Nicholson (LON: CRST)<\/strong>: Guided FY profit to the <strong>low end or marginally below<\/strong> its prior range amid a subdued summer market and budget-related uncertainty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Akzo Nobel (AS: AKZO)<\/strong> \/ <strong>Axalta (NYSE: AXTA)<\/strong>: Announced plans to <strong>merge<\/strong>, targeting a combined <strong>$25bn<\/strong> enterprise value, consolidating coatings scale across autos and industrials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oil gives back risk premium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Crude pulled lower as supply fears faded. <strong>Brent Jan<\/strong> fell <strong>0.9%<\/strong> to <strong>$63.64\/bbl<\/strong> and <strong>WTI<\/strong> lost <strong>1.0%<\/strong> to <strong>$59.29\/bbl<\/strong> after Russia\u2019s <strong>Novorossiysk<\/strong> port resumed loadings following a two-day shutdown from Ukrainian strikes. Novorossiysk and the nearby <strong>CPC terminal<\/strong> together handle roughly <strong>2.2 mb\/d (~2% of global supply)<\/strong>. The restart tempers immediate disruption, though infrastructure risk remains elevated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The takeaway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A fragile tape faces a binary week: Nvidia\u2019s delivery and guidance versus a re-awakening U.S. data cycle. A convincing AI earnings print and softer payrolls could steady risk; any disappointment or resilient labor strength may extend the de-rating in richly priced tech and keep European indices on the defensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European equities fell sharply, mirroring Wall Street\u2019s tech-led selloff as investors questioned the durability of artificial-intelligence premiums ahead of Nvidia\u2019s earnings. At 08:05 GMT, Germany\u2019s DAX and France\u2019s CAC 40 each slid 1.3%, while the U.K.\u2019s FTSE 100 dropped 1.0%. AI exuberance under scrutiny A renewed reassessment of AI-driven multiples weighed on global risk appetite &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":98251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,6827,49,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120990,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120989\/revisions\/120990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}