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Magnificent 7 stocks shed hundreds of billions amid AI spending fears

Shares in the Magnificent 7 tech stocks have slumped this week amid investors' concerns about massive spending by hyperscalers on artificial intelligence infrastructure amid uncertainty about the global economy due to the resumption of hostilities in the Iran war.The so-called Magnificent Seven tech stocks experienced their biggest one-day drop in over a year on Thursday, with Bloomberg reporting that an index of the group fell 4.8% and erased about $787 billion in market value – the steepest single day decline since April 2025.The report noted that as of Thursday's close, the Mag Seven index...