The Nasdaq Index ends the session very strongly down at -2.14%
At the end of the last transactions, the flagship index of the US technology exchange is down -2.14% to 13351.08 points.
The trading session was moderately active with a trading volume of 114.51 billion dollars. 653.39 million shares were traded. 17 stocks finished in the green and 82 were down.
The best performance of the day was attributed to Marriott International with 2.83% to 180.51 dollars. In second place on the podium, Seagen closed the session at 149.72 dollars, up 1.55%, followed by Trip.com at 23.14 dollars (1.4%).
At the bottom of the pack is Pinduoduo. The stock ends the trading session down -8.84% to 40.03 dollars. MercadoLibre and Atlassian are also lagging behind.
Several stocks (CDW/DE, Fastenal, Incyte, Marriott International, Peloton Interactive et Vertex Pharmaceuticals) recorded large trading volumes, one-third higher than their daily average.