AXIOS (Nathan Bomey) - AI bubble fears send tech stocks plunging
Tech stocks shriveled up Tuesday as fears about an AI bubble sapped market momentum. Why it matters: Chatter about a bubble has been prominent in recent months but hasn't yet delivered a long-lasting blow to stocks. Driving the news: The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.5% shortly after the opening bell. - The broad S&P 500 index was down roughly 1%. Zoom in: It's a particularly ugly day for chip memory and data storage stocks. - They suffered some of the worst declines early, after a 10% overnight drop in South Korea's KOSPI index, which is dominated by memory chip makers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. - In the U.S., memory chip maker Micron dove more than 10% in early trading, storage device maker Sandisk plunged more than…