Equities: US Tech seen rebounding after selloff – Deutsche Bank

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Deutsche Bank’s US equity strategists have upgraded their stance on US technology stocks from neutral to positive following three weeks of sharp underperformance. The sector fell 11% while the rest of the S&P 500 gained 6%, pushing its relative performance to the bottom of a multi-year channel that has previously triggered strong rebounds. The upgrade follows a difficult October for the Nasdaq amid concerns over AI-related capital spending, while a rebound in US equity futures signals improving market sentiment.

Strategists upgrade sector stance

"Equities were mixed, with the STOXX 600 (+2.0%) and the equal-weighted S&P 500 (+5.0%) gaining, but the Nasdaq (-5.3%) suffering its worst month since March 2025 as concerns around AI capex intensified. European credit and European banks also struggled as OAT-Bund spreads neared their 2011 peak."

"Over the weekend our US equity strategists upgraded US tech from neutral to positive, reversing a well-publicised move they made three weeks ago. They see the sector having underperformed the market by 16% over those three weeks, with it being down -11% against the rest of the index being up +6%. It's now at the bottom of a channel versus the index, levels its bounced aggressively off 5 times in the last 2.5 years."

"Asian equity markets are snapping back this morning with the KOSPI (+2.77%) leading gains buoyed by index heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. Elsewhere, Chinese stocks are also trading decently higher with the CSI 300 (+0.89%) and the Shanghai Composite (+0.97%) outperforming the Hang Seng (+0.72%). Meanwhile, the Nikkei (-0.01%) is back to flat with Kioxia down over -15% after a Q3 forecast miss. Kioxia was the largest company in the index in late June trading at over 36,000. It's now back to just over 11,000 showing the recent dispersion in the AI trade. Elsewhere the S&P/ASX 200 (-0.57%) is lower as the RBA starts its two-day policy gathering. "

"S&P 500 (+0.49%) and NASDAQ 100 (+1.01%) futures have snapped back up this morning."

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