# Asian Shares Slide as Alphabet’s Revenue Miss Rekindles AI Cost Fears By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/43232 Published: 2026-10-29T05:31:28.000Z Updated: 2026-10-29T05:31:28.000Z Section: Investing > Alphabet fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading after third-quarter revenue missed expectations across its core divisions. Asian equities moved lower Thursday as technology earnings revived concern over the cost of artificial-intelligence investment, with Alphabet’s after-hours decline adding pressure to markets across the region. Alphabet fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading after its third-quarter revenue missed expectations across its core divisions. The results renewed concern about the expense of the industry’s AI push. South Korea’s KOSPI lost about 6% Tuesday and triggered a five-minute program-trading halt during a technology and semiconductor selloff. The [earlier regional slide]() also included a 2.4% decline in the MSCI Asia-Pacific index excluding Japan, a 2.6% drop in Japan’s Nikkei 225 and a 2% decline in Taiwan’s weighted index. ## Links in this article - [earlier regional slide](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/30791)