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| Stock market tumbles amid fears the rise of big tech is over | Stock market tumbles amid fears the rise of big tech is over |
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| Wall Street’s major indexes tumbled on Monday as shares of Apple and Goldman Sachs dragged down the technology and financial sectors. | Wall Street’s major indexes tumbled on Monday as shares of Apple and Goldman Sachs dragged down the technology and financial sectors. |
| With Monday’s losses, all three indexes erased the gains from their brief rally after the US congressional elections on 6 November. | With Monday’s losses, all three indexes erased the gains from their brief rally after the US congressional elections on 6 November. |
| President Donald Trump blamed his defeat in the midterms for the fall, claiming fears of “Harassment by the Dems” was causing “big headaches!” | President Donald Trump blamed his defeat in the midterms for the fall, claiming fears of “Harassment by the Dems” was causing “big headaches!” |
| The prospect of Presidential Harassment by the Dems is causing the Stock Market big headaches! | The prospect of Presidential Harassment by the Dems is causing the Stock Market big headaches! |
| But the fall seemed to be sparked more by fears that the historic rise in tech companies such as Apple was coming to an end. Apple shares fell 5% after several suppliers to the company, including Lumentum Holdings, whose components power the iPhone’s Face ID technology, cut their forecasts. Apple’s decline impeded the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which fell more than 2%. | But the fall seemed to be sparked more by fears that the historic rise in tech companies such as Apple was coming to an end. Apple shares fell 5% after several suppliers to the company, including Lumentum Holdings, whose components power the iPhone’s Face ID technology, cut their forecasts. Apple’s decline impeded the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which fell more than 2%. |
| Lumentum shares plunged 33%. Shares of several chipmakers that sell to Apple, such as Cirrus Logic, Qorvo Inc and Skyworks Solutions, dropped as well. The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index dropped 4.4%. | Lumentum shares plunged 33%. Shares of several chipmakers that sell to Apple, such as Cirrus Logic, Qorvo Inc and Skyworks Solutions, dropped as well. The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index dropped 4.4%. |
| “The concerns are all about global economic growth, specifically demands for the products of companies like Apple,” said Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward Jones in St Louis. “Investors are becoming more concerned about faster-growing companies and whether they will continue to grow at that pace.” | “The concerns are all about global economic growth, specifically demands for the products of companies like Apple,” said Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward Jones in St Louis. “Investors are becoming more concerned about faster-growing companies and whether they will continue to grow at that pace.” |
| Shares in Asia Pacific followed suit on Tuesday morning with the Nikkei diving 3.3% in Tokyo and the market in Seoul down 1.5%. Australia’s benchmark ASX200 index fell 1.75% in the first 90 minutes of trading. Banks were the hardest hit and the Australian dollar also took a hammering as the greenback climbed to its highest level against a basket of currencies since June 2017. | |
| On Wall Street, Goldman Sachs shares dropped 7.5% after Bloomberg reported that Malaysian finance minister Lim Guan Eng said the country was seeking a full refund of all the fees it paid to the Wall Street bank for arranging billions of dollars of deals for troubled state fund 1MDB. Goldman Sachs was the biggest drag on the Dow, which fell more than 2%. | On Wall Street, Goldman Sachs shares dropped 7.5% after Bloomberg reported that Malaysian finance minister Lim Guan Eng said the country was seeking a full refund of all the fees it paid to the Wall Street bank for arranging billions of dollars of deals for troubled state fund 1MDB. Goldman Sachs was the biggest drag on the Dow, which fell more than 2%. |
| Energy stocks also accelerated their decline toward the end of the session as oil prices fell. | Energy stocks also accelerated their decline toward the end of the session as oil prices fell. |
| General Electric Co shares fell 6.9% after new chief executive officer Larry Culp said the company was saddled with too much debt and would urgently sell assets to reduce leverage. The shares dropped below $8 for the first time since March 2009. | General Electric Co shares fell 6.9% after new chief executive officer Larry Culp said the company was saddled with too much debt and would urgently sell assets to reduce leverage. The shares dropped below $8 for the first time since March 2009. |
| “At the moment it seems the path of least resistance is down,” said Peter Jankovskis, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments in Lisle, Illinois. | “At the moment it seems the path of least resistance is down,” said Peter Jankovskis, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments in Lisle, Illinois. |
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