(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened in sharp decline on Monday, under the effect of the diving of values ​​linked to artificial intelligence (AI), which tumble while the emergence of a Chinese model sowing doubt on Investments in this booming technology.

In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index loses 260.39 points, or 0.59 %, at 4,163.86 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, fell from 2.1 % to 5,970.59 points.

The Nasdaq Composite gives in 3.53%, or 704.16 points, to 19,250.14 points.

After the European markets, the New York Stock Exchange suffers on Monday in the presentation by the Chinese start-up Deepseek from an artificial intelligence model which, according to the group, uses cheaper fleas and less data than Chatgpt , which could question the bets that this technology will stimulate demand throughout the supply chain.

American flea manufacturer Nvidia, who experienced a meteoric ascent during the past year and has become one of the most profitable groups in the world, yields 12% to the opening of the markets.

“It is almost certain that this case will throw a pavement in the pond, investors trying to assess the potential damage it could cause to a booming sector which was the cause of a large part Gains recorded by the main indices in the past two years, “said Richard Hunter, market manager at Investor Investor.

Deepseek AI assistant exceeded its American rival Chatgpt on Monday to become the best rated free application on the Apple App Store in the United States.

In addition to Nvidia, flea manufacturers such as Broadcom and Micron Technology lose between 14% and 8% in the first transactions.

Microsoft and Meta Platforms, which must also publish their results during the week, abandon 4.3% and 2.2% respectively.

Alphabet, mother company of Google, lost 3.5%.

Unlike the general trend, AT&T increased by 5.4%, its quarterly subscribers figures that have exceeded expectations.

(Written by Diana Mandiá)

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