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Brazil votes today: Lula faces Flávio Bolsonaro in runoff Fed, ECB, BoJ Rate Decisions This Week: Holds Expected, December in Focus Oil is pricing in the next round of war. Brent tops $116 as Iran tensions drag Wall Street lower Global money is bidding for India's biggest growth stories while leaving India’s index Beyond banks: AI layoffs spread to tobacco, chemicals and payments The AI debt bill comes due: neocloud bonds trade like distress Putin, Zelenskyy Back Three-Way US Peace Talks on Ukraine Apple’s first foldable, the iPhone Duo, goes on sale at around $2,200 Jio IPO sets a global record with 10 million+ applications on final day

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Asian markets slide as Big Tech's AI debt binge rattles bonds

Japan's Nikkei fell 1.1%, South Korea's Kospi 2.1% and India's Sensex 1.44%,

Market Signals | 8 October 2026

Asian markets slide as Big Tech's AI debt binge rattles bonds

Asian stocks fell across the region as Big Tech's borrowing spree to buy AI chips added to strain in already stretched government bond markets.

Asian stocks fell across the region as Big Tech's borrowing spree to buy AI chips added to strain in already stretched government bond markets.

Japan's Nikkei fell 1.1%, South Korea's Kospi 2.1% and India's Sensex 1.44%, while MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 1.2%.

The same sentiment continues in the elsewhere in the world too. Reports that Broadcom is seeking $50B in financing, and that SpaceX plans $30B in investment-grade debt plus $10B in loans to buy Nvidia chips, deepened fears that corporate debt is competing with governments for limited funding.

Global markets are experiencing a heavy sell-off as a dramatic surge in oil prices, relentless bond market pressure, and aggressive central bank shifts rattle investor sentiment across all time zones on this Thursday, 8 October 2026.The US 10-year Treasury yield hit a 24-year high of 5.326% before easing, and Brent climbed back above $102.