Futures slide and Europe falls as the chip rout rolls into a second day
Nasdaq futures are down more than 1% ahead of retail sales and producer prices.
First Light · Thursday, October 15, 2026 · 6:15 AM ET
US stock futures pointed to a weak open for tech on Thursday as the AI selloff rolled into a second day. Nasdaq 100 futures were down more than 1%, the Journal said, while Dow futures were flat to slightly higher.
Futures and premarket
TradingView had S&P 500 futures down 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.9%. FXStreet had Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.30% during European hours. In premarket trading, Nvidia fell 1.8%, Micron 4.4% and AMD 3.5%, and CoreWeave and Nebius also dropped (CNBC). The Journal said CoreWeave was sliding further after its 15% drop Wednesday. See our CoreWeave story and Wednesday afternoon report.
Europe sinks with chips
The Stoxx Europe 600 fell nearly 0.35%, with Germany's DAX down 0.5%, according to Investing.com. ASML was down 6.4% (Investing.com) to 6.6% (CNBC) and Infineon down 8.6% to 9.4%, wiping out the lift ASML's results gave the sector a day earlier.
Data and earnings today
Producer prices, retail sales and weekly jobless claims are due at 8:30 AM ET (Investing.com, Newsquawk). Charles Schwab, US Bancorp, Freeport-McMoRan, American Airlines and Snap are among companies reporting (TradingView, FXStreet). Wednesday's close is in the Dusk Ledger.