New York (dpa-Afx)-After a few days of relative rest on the US stock market, the courses on Wednesday are again under great pressure. It was particularly hard hit the economic -sensitive technology values. Here, a surprisingly weak order input from the world’s largest chip machine builder ASML (ASML NV) and tightened restrictions on deliveries from AI chips to China by the US government on the mood. Statements by the US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell provided an additional damper. In his opinion, the negative effects of US import tariffs on inflation could be ongoing.
For the Nasdaq 100 dominated by the large technology values, it was 3.04 percent down to 18,257.64 points. The leading index Dow Jones Industrial gave up 1.73 percent to 39,669.39 points. The market width S&P 500 lost 2.24 percent to 5,275.70 points. In return, the US state bonds recorded./la/he