Tech stocks tumble and market retreats as US-China trade war worsens

Tech stocks tumble and market retreats as US-China trade war worsens
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The Washington Post
By Aaron Gregg, Andrew Jeong, Katrina Northrop, Leo SandsStocks fell sharply on Thursday as attention shifted to rising tensions between the United States and China.The S&P 500 fell nearly 6% by early afternoon, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index lost 7%, while the more narrow Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 5%. If the trend holds up for the rest of the day, it would unwind much of Wednesday’s gains, in which the S&P 500 rose almost 10%. All three major indexes are down significantly from where they started t...

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