The Dow handed over 0.5% in afternoon trade with Nvidia a big loser. The Nasdaq composite suffered a 1.8% drop, and the S&P 500 retreated 1%, with Palantir stock sliding nearly 9%. Small-cap stocks on Tuesday were spared the wrath, illustrated by the Russell 2000 index giving up 1.5%.

US stocks finished the first trading day of November mixed, with Big Tech names like Amazon (AMZN) and Nvidia (NVDA) rising near record-high levels, fueling a continued rally in the AI trade even as those gains weren't broadly distributed.

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“While Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI chatbot, reiterated its commitment to Amazon, we see this move with Google speaking to the capacity-constrained AI and data center market, as well as prudently diversifying its exposure,” veteran fund manager Chris Versace wrote for TheStreet Pro.

Broadcom stock sold off nearly 2%, extending a losing streak to three sessions and falling below a recent buy point at 363.24. Nvidia stock rallied 2.2%, closing further above a 184.48 buy point and closing just shy of last week's record highs.

Nvidia recently became the first company to reach a $5 trillion market cap. Amazon.com isn't the next-largest company, but it has a high probability of rapid growth. A combination of massive opportunities and a reasonable valuation could help propel Amazon to a higher market cap.

Stocks rose Friday after solid earnings from tech giant Amazon helped boost sentiment. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6%, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dipped into the red before recovering later in the day.