TREE NEWS reports: SoftBank Group’s 2032 dollar bonds fell 0.9 cents on Friday, their biggest single-day drop in nearly ten weeks, as the AI stock selloff spread to credit markets. SoftBank shares fell as much as 16% intraday, while Asian investment-grade dollar bond spreads widened at least 3 basis points. The average Asian investment-grade dollar spread rose to 73 basis points on Thursday, the widest since July 2025.
AI stock selloff spills into credit as SoftBank dollar bonds post biggest one-day drop in 10 weeks
The notable shift here is transmission: an equity-led AI selloff is now showing up in credit spreads and single-name bond moves, meaning the repricing is no longer confined to the stocks most directly tied to AI enthusiasm. SoftBank is the natural conduit, given how central its AI-linked exposure is to its equity story, so its bonds become a de facto sentiment gauge for the theme. The open question is whether spread widening stays concentrated in AI-adjacent issuers or broadens into the wider Asian investment-grade market, where the average spread has already reached its widest level in the period cited.
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