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Wall Street Just Sold Off These IT-Services Stocks on AI Fears. Is the Sell-Off Overdone?

Is AI disrupting these businesses?

Wall Street Just Sold Off These IT-Services Stocks on AI Fears. Is the Sell-Off Overdone?

Wall Street Just Sold Off These IT-Services Stocks on AI Fears. Is the Sell-Off Overdone?

Published June 21, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Shares of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) cratered about 18% on June 18 -- the consulting giant's worst single-day drop on record. What spooked investors wasn't the quarter. It was the outlook, and the fear behind it.

And Accenture didn't fall alone. EPAM Systems (NYSE: EPAM) slid about 9% the same day without reporting anything of its own. The worry driving this sell-off? The risk of artificial intelligence (AI) threatening the work these firms get paid for.

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So is AI structurally shrinking demand for IT services, or is this an overreaction?

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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