Global equities slide on AI slowdown calls, rising yields; oil up on Mideast attacks

Global markets are trading lower as investor sentiment is pressured by calls for an AI development slowdown, hitting chipmaker shares in the US and Europe. Concurrently, recent attacks in the Middle East have driven oil prices and bond yields higher, compounding risk-off sentiment. The confluence of tech-sector regulatory concerns and geopolitical risk is creating a broad market pullback, with uncertainty over the duration and depth of the selloff.