Update: Nvidia Shares Fall Premarket After Board Launches Probe Into CEO

04:25 AM EST, 11/09/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the latest stock price movement in the headline and first paragraph.) Nvidia (NVDA) shares fell over 5% in Monday premarket trading after the company launched an independent investigation following reports that CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of a foreign intelligence operation after the executive admitted having an extramarital affair. The review will be overseen by a committee of independent directors with assistance from outside counsel, Nvidia said. The company said the board's priority is US national and economic security and that it has no reason to believe national security or Nvidia's confidential information were compromised. Separately, President Donald Trump backed Huang, calling him a "fine person" and saying he should remain Nvidia's CEO, according to a Bloomberg report. Price: 176.80, Change: -9.84, Percent Change: -5.23