Investors also assessed a return to a tougher tone on tariffs from President Donald Trump, ahead of the start of a Federal Reserve meeting

Nvidia and other U.S. tech stocks are steadying a day after tumbling on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence frenzy really needs all the dollars being poured into it. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading Tuesday.

The Dow is up roughly 0.3%, versus a fall of 3.11% for the Nasdaq. If it holds, the Dow's 3.41 percentage point outperformance would be its strongest versus the Nasdaq since Nov. 9, 2020, according to Dow Jones Market Data, when the blue-chip gauge outpaced the tech-heavy index by 4.47 percentage points.

Nvidia staged a moderate rebound on Tuesday, rising as much as 3%, following a 17% drop the prior day. More broadly, major US indexes rallied after S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 saw sharp losses on Monday amid concerns over the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek rapid and cost-effective advances.

By Sinéad Carew, Amanda Cooper, Ankur Banerjee NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Global investors dumped tech stocks on Monday as they worried that the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model would threaten the dominance of AI leaders like Nvidia,

The shocking success of a new model from a mysterious Chinese lab has America questioning its leadership of the sector.

Shares for leading US chip firm Nvidia dropped by almost 17% on Monday after the emergence of DeepSeek stunned Silicon Valley.