Explainer: Why Anthropic’s Claude set off a tech stock meltdown
- Posted on February 5, 2026
- By Financial Express
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Explainer: Why Anthropic’s Claude set off a tech stock meltdown

A massive sell-off in technology stocks, including a 6% crash in the Nifty IT index, followed Anthropic's unveiling of Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Cowork.