Global markets opened cautiously after the Trump-Xi Beijing summit ended with limited progress on trade and geopolitical tensions. Rising inflation fears and surging bond yields intensified concerns that the Federal Reserve may eventually consider rate hikes rather than cuts. Investors are increasingly worried about extreme concentration within the AI-driven stock rally as semiconductor and technology shares face mounting valuation pressure ahead of Nvidia’s highly anticipated earnings.
18-05-2026 01:10 GMT
by Kelvin Wong