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Nasdaq Trims Early 1.3% Slide as Nvidia Falls and 10-Year Yield Touches 5%

Key Facts

1The Nasdaq Composite pared a 1.3% decline to 0.1% by 2:02 p.m. Eastern time.
2Nvidia (NVDA) fell 2.8% during the session.
3The 10-year Treasury yield breached 5.00% before returning to 4.96%.
4Brent crude rose 1.1% to $105.76 after approaching $110.

The Nasdaq Composite erased most of its losses on Monday, September 14, trading 0.1% lower by 2:02 p.m. Eastern time after falling as much as 1.3% earlier. Nvidia (NVDA) remained down 2.8%, making it the market's largest individual drag at that point.

The opening move was much steeper: the Nasdaq Composite lost about 314.5 points, or 1.19%, to 26,018.502, while the S&P 500 fell 0.59%. Selling was concentrated in chipmakers and other stocks tied to spending on artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

The anxiety followed a call from Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei for artificial-intelligence companies to slow the development of model capabilities so safety measures could catch up. Amodei explained that pacing does not mean halting training or technical progress, but matching development with safeguards and independent evaluation.

Pressure on growth shares coincided with the 10-year US Treasury yield breaching 5.00% in the morning for the first time in nearly 3 years. The yield had stood at 4.96% on Friday in Treasury data and later returned to 4.96% on Monday as oil retreated from its highs.

Brent crude rose 1.1% to $105.76 a barrel after approaching $110 in morning trading. Higher oil increases the risk of persistent inflation, which may keep borrowing costs and long-term yields elevated.

Higher yields weigh more heavily on growth companies because a significant part of their valuation depends on profits and cash flows expected in the future; a higher discount rate reduces the present value of those flows. The Nasdaq's path will therefore depend on whether the 10-year yield settles below 5%, how oil trades and whether losses in chip shares broaden or recede.