European stocks fall after Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia CEO
European and Asian stock markets mostly fell on Friday as investors assessed the impact of Jensen Huang's departure as Nvidia chief executive on the AI industry. Nvidia said Huang left his roles with immediate effect and that chief financial officer Colette Kress is taking over as interim chief executive. Nvidia shares fell 4.3% on Thursday on Wall Street. Brent rose 0.7% to $96.48 after Trump said the US does not need a deal with Iran.
In 40 seconds
- Nvidia announced that Jensen Huang ceased to be chairman, chief executive and board member with immediate effect; Colette Kress takes over as interim CEO.
- Nvidia shares fell 4.3% on Thursday; the S&P 500, the Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones fell around 0.4%.
- The FTSE 100 opened down 0.2% and Paris and Frankfurt fell 0.3%; the Kospi lost 1.0% and the Hang Seng more than 1.5%.
IASummary generated by artificial intelligence from a story by Euronews.com. It may contain errors: the original source prevails.




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