AMD shares were down 15.1% as of 2:38 a.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 5, as a Democratic midterm victory triggered a chip stock sell-off. Investors fear a Democratic Congress will tighten rules on the AI industry, but the article says the bigger risk to data center build-out lies at state level, where new governors in Texas, Ohio and Georgia campaigned partly on data center moratoriums. The S&P 500 fell 3.9%, the Nasdaq Composite 5.0%, and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) 7.5%. AMD had reported third-quarter sales up 45% to $13.4 billion, with data center revenue nearly doubling, but investors are now questioning whether the data centers buying its chips get built as fast as planned.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Market cap | $5.1T |
| Close on 11/04/2026 | 200.28 |
| Change that session | -3.10% |
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