Tech Selloff Deepens and U.S. Stocks Fall
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Tech Selloff Deepens and U.S. Stocks Fall

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 20261 min
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Plus: Brent crude futures close at their highest price since May. And SpaceX stock falls more than 9%. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Here's your closing bell brief for Thursday, October 22. I'm Pierre Bien-Amé for The Wall Street Journal. Tech stocks fell sharply today. Many of the biggest names in artificial intelligence are selling off, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq

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fell 2.6%, its sharpest fall since early June. The S&P 500 dropped 1.2%, and the Dow eked out a gain of 0.02%. Also adding to the angst, another jump in oil prices, driven by US-Israeli plans for future military action against Iran.

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