NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market continues to shake on Friday, a day after one of its worst drops since its springtime sell-off, as Nvidia, bitcoin, gold and other high flyers on Wall Street swing.

The S&P 500 fell 0.5% after paring a loss that reached 1.3% shortly after the start of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 485 points, or 1%, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% lower.

AI stocks once again were at the center of the action. Nvidia, which has become the poster child of the AI frenzy, went from an early loss of 3.4% to a modest gain of 0.1% and pulled the rest of the market in its wake.

Critics have been warning that the U.S. stock market could be primed for a drop because of how high prices have shot since April, leaving them looking t

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