On September 14, VanEck Semiconductor ETF fell 5.04% in regular trading, trading at 538.62 USD/share, with turnover of 743 million USD. A confluence of negative catalysts drove the sharp selloff across the semiconductor space.

On the news front, a sudden escalation in Middle East geopolitical tensions sent international oil prices surging, triggering a sharp drop in market risk appetite. Simultaneously, expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike this week intensified, while Japanese and Korean AI chip concept stocks plunged in early Asian trading, creating cross-market contagion pressure. Adding to the bearish sentiment, Anthropic publicly called for slowing the pace of advanced AI model development, further weighing on the AI computing power supply chain. U.S. chip stocks fell broadly in pre-market trading, with Micron Technology down 4.4%. In Hong Kong, semiconductor names also came under pressure, with SMIC falling nearly 2% and Hua Hong Semiconductor declining over 2%.

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise its benchmark index, which includes common stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. exchange-listed companies in the semiconductor industry, and is non-diversified.

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