Stock Market Sell-Off: Dow Plunges 750 Points, S&P 500 Falls 3.5%

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The Dow plunged 600 points this morning while the S&P 500 fell 3% by skleb1234

The market moved sharply lower on Thursday despite new unemployment claims beating Wall Street expectations, as stocks reversed robust gains from earlier this week.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2.6%, over 750 points, on Thursday, while the S&P 500 fell 3.4% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 4.9%.

Shares of Big Tech stocks fell sharply across the board: Amazon and Microsoft were both down by around 5%, while Google-parent Alphabet slipped more than 4%. Investors also continued to take profits out of high-flying stocks like Apple and Tesla, which fell by around 6% and 8%, respectively, just days after both companies completed stock splits.

 

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skleb1234 Where’s the presidents tweet about this?

skleb1234 The market will soar 17% tomorrow on the employment report

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skleb1234 Is it shorting $TSLA that kicked this off?

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