Futures tumble as Meta, Microsoft cost warnings highlight AI trade risks
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Futures down: Dow 0.59%, S&P 500 0.86%, Nasdaq 1.12%
Oct 31 (Reuters) -Wall Street futures fell sharply on Thursday, as warnings from Meta Platforms and Microsoft about rising artificial intelligence-related costs dampened optimism around megacaps, which have been the market's primary driver this year.
Shares of Facebook-owner META.O slumped 4%, while Microsoft MSFT.O dropped 3.7% in premarket trading. Both companies beat earnings estimates in results reported after the bell on Wednesday.
Markets were on edge ahead of the release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures index, the U.S. Federal Reserve's preferred inflation metric, for insight on how much the central bank could ease borrowing costs in the last two months of 2024. Nonfarm payrolls data is also due on Friday.
Meta warned of "significant acceleration" in AI infrastructure investments and Microsoft predicted slower growth in its Azure cloud business, signaling that the company's already hefty AI investments were not enough to keep pace with capacity constraints.
Though betting on AI-driven tech stocks propelled Wall Street to record highs this year, investor exuberance has meant stocks are trading at incredibly expensive valuations. Meta and Microsoft's warnings point to the challenges companies face in pleasing investors.
"The market is unforgiving of any AI-related company that fails to significantly outperform. Meta is the latest stock to feel the wrath of investors, despite extending its track record of doing better than analyst forecasts on key financial measures," said Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell.
The other so-called Magnificent Seven megacap stocks fell, with Nvidia NVDA.O losing 1.5% and Alphabet GOOGL.O down 1.1%, giving up some gains after soaring in the previous session following upbeat results.
Amazon.com AMZN.O lost 1.3% and Apple AAPL.O dipped 0.3% ahead of quarterly results from both, due after market close.
At 5:08 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis 1YMcv1 were down 251 points, or 0.59%, S&P 500 E-minis EScv1 were down 50.25 points, or 0.86% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis NQcv1 were down 229 points, or 1.12%.
The VIX .VIX, Wall Street's "fear gauge", rose to a more than three-week high as investors brace for more volatility from corporate results, the upcoming U.S. presidential election and the central bank's November meeting in the next few weeks.
Ecommerce firm eBay EBAY.O fell 9% following downbeat revenue forecasts, while trading platform Robinhood HOOD.O slumped 10.3% after its third-quarter earnings missed expectations.
Monolithic Power Systems MPWR.O dropped 9.7% after results, with other chip firms also sliding after a set of dour forecasts weighed on the sector's outlook.
Earnings from companies including Uber Technologies UBER.N, Mastercard MA.N, Bristol-Meyers Squibb BMY.N and ConocoPhillips COP.N are due before markets open.
Reporting by Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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