Wall St Heads for Weekly Losses as Tech Jitters Offset Inflation Relief
Twesha Dikshit and Purvi Agarwal on February 13, 2026
U.S. stocks rose on signs of cooling inflation but a tech-led selloff—fueled by AI disruption fears—capped gains and left major indexes on track for their worst weekly losses since November.
Wall Street Sinks as Tech Rout Deepens on AI Angst
Sinéad Carew and Twesha Dikshit on February 13, 2026
Wall Street fell sharply, led by a 2% drop in the Nasdaq, as a tech selloff intensified after Cisco’s weak results and investors fretted about AI-driven disruption, with the S&P 500 and Dow also retreating amid mixed jobs data and ahead of the January inflation report.
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