Shares in Musk's SpaceX plunge as tech and AI stocks fall2 hours agoRachel Clun,business reporterandLily Jamali,North America Technology correspondent
Bloomberg via Getty Images Traders look concerned while looking at computer screens on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Bloomberg via Getty Images

Shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX have plunged as tech and artificial intelligence stocks more broadly plummeted a day after the Democrats swept to victory in the midterms.

Those losses dragged the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite stock index down, which had fallen by more than 5% at one point in early trading.

The market has been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the artificial intelligence (AI) industry following Democrat wins in key data centre states including Texas.