The technology-centric Nasdaq led the declines as its heavyweight stocks took a hit including Facebook Inc (FB.O), Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Inc (MSFT.O) and Google-parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) which were all down between 4% and 7%.
The five stocks, deemed stay-at-home winners during the coronavirus crisis, also account for roughly a quarter of the S&P 500’s market value and have driven the stock market’s narrow technology-led recovery from the pandemic lows hit in March.
The Philadelphia chip index .SOX and the S&P tech sector .SPLRCT also dropped more than 5% each.
The pullback comes a day after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed at record levels and the Dow came within 1.5% of its February peak, powered by fiscal and monetary support hopes for a swift economic recovery. But some participants said investors had become too optimistic.
Read more at: Tech leads Wall Street sell-off, investors eye slow recovery - Reuters
The five stocks, deemed stay-at-home winners during the coronavirus crisis, also account for roughly a quarter of the S&P 500’s market value and have driven the stock market’s narrow technology-led recovery from the pandemic lows hit in March.
The Philadelphia chip index .SOX and the S&P tech sector .SPLRCT also dropped more than 5% each.
The pullback comes a day after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed at record levels and the Dow came within 1.5% of its February peak, powered by fiscal and monetary support hopes for a swift economic recovery. But some participants said investors had become too optimistic.
Read more at: Tech leads Wall Street sell-off, investors eye slow recovery - Reuters
