China A-share film and cinema stocks weakened; China Film fell more than 9%, with Happiness Blue Sea, Enlight Media, Beijing Culture and Bona Film Group also sliding.

WTI crude oil down 1.00% intraday, trading at $72.92/bbl.

Semiconductor stocks fell sharply: Marvell (MRVL.O) down 9.2%, Qualcomm (QCOM.O) down 6.9%, Arm (ARM.O) down 8.5%, Microchip Technology (MCHP.O) down 5.4%, Applied Materials (AMAT.O) down 9.7%, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) down 3.7%, AMD (AMD.O) down 7.5%, Broadcom (AVGO.O) down 2.8% and Intel (INTC.O) down 9%. Sector ETFs also plunged: iShares Semiconductor ETF down 6.9%, VanEck Semiconductor ETF down 6.2% and Roundhill Memory ETF down 13.5%.