The Nasdaq Index closes the session very strongly down at -2.23%
At the end of the last transactions, the flagship index of the US technology exchange is down -2.23% to 15491.66 points.
The trading session was not very active with a trading volume of 120.08 billion dollars. 574.03 million shares changed hands. 13 stocks finished in the green and 87 were down.
The best performance of the day was attributed to Moderna with 20.57% to 329.63 dollars. In second place on the podium, Zoom closed the session at 220.21 dollars, up 5.72%, followed by Peloton Interactive at 46.41 dollars (5.67%).
At the bottom of the pack is Pinduoduo. The share ends the trading day down -15.86% to 68.46 dollars. Booking Holdings and Marriott International are also lagging behind.
Several stocks (Autodesk, Booking Holdings, Honeywell, Incyte, Marriott International, Moderna, Pinduoduo, Trip.com et Zoom) recorded large trading volumes, one-third higher than their daily average.