[Investors Flee AI Tech Stocks, Global Markets Decline] Odaily Planet Daily News - On Friday, global stock markets fell as investors pulled out of AI tech stocks. Japan's tech-heavy Nikkei 225 index dropped more than 5% at one point during intraday trading. A Tokyo brokerage official stated that this was one of the worst trading days in Tokyo's market in a long time, with many investors rapidly exiting aggressive tech and AI bets on Japanese tech stocks. U.S. stock index futures indicate that U.S. markets may open lower. European Stoxx 600 index futures suggest that European markets may open down by 0.6%. Richard Yetsenga, Chief Economist and Head of Research at ANZ Bank, commented that this downturn exposes the unsettling extent to which many markets and significant economic activities are currently reliant on the AI boom.