India, June 7 -- Wall Street was dealt a severe blow on Friday when investors scrambled to liquidate stocks of tech firms and those in artificial intelligence. The Nasdaq Composite dropped by over 4%, suffering the sharpest one-day drop since April 2025, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 700 points. In addition, the S&P 500 also suffered a significant loss that marked the end of a streak of gains for nine weeks and the sell-off resulted in a loss of almost $2 trillion in market value.

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