#NasdaqWorstDayInOverAYear The markets just gave everyone a massive reality check. Friday marked the Nasdaq's worst single-day drop since April 2025, with the composite plunging 4.18% (over 1,120 points) to close at 25,709.43.

What triggered the bloodbath? It was a textbook case of "good news is bad news". The US nonfarm payrolls report blew expectations out of the water by adding 172,000 jobs in May (more than double the expected 80,000). While a booming labor market sounds great, it completely shattered any near-term hopes for a Federal Reserve rate cut. Instead, it spiked the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.54% and put potential rate hikes back on the menu.

The damage was aggressively concentrated in the tech sector, which collapsed 5.8%. Semiconductor and AI heavyweights took the brunt of the hit, triggering a brutal $1.2 trillion chip-sector unwind. Major players bled heavily:

Marvell Technology ($MRVL) plummeted over 16%

Micron Technology ($MU) dropped 13%

Intel ($INTC) and AMD ($AMD) both sank around 11%

Nvidia ($NVDA) and Broadcom ($AVGO) fell 6% and 8% respectively

Interestingly, this wasn't a total market panic, but rather a violent rotation. While investors aggressively de-risked by dumping high-flying tech names, crypto, and gold, money quietly flooded into defensive safe havens like consumer staples, utilities, and healthcare.

Are we looking at a healthy, overdue correction for overextended AI valuations, or is this the beginning of a deeper macro shift? Tighten your stop-losses and manage your risk out there.

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📈 Market Summary Table

IndexClosing PriceDaily Loss (%)Key DriverNasdaq Composite25,709.43-4.18%Hot jobs report & $1.2T chip-sector unwindS&P 5007,383.74-2.64%Snapped its 9-week winning streakDow Jones50,866.78-1.35%Buoyed slightly by defensive consumer staples