Published 5 August 2024 at 15.47
Economics. Stock market falls around the world continue on Monday. When the technology-heavy Nasdaq index in the US opened late in the afternoon, it plunged more than 6 percent.
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Nvidia shares fall almost 14 percent in early trading , Tesla's with close to 12 percent and Apple's with around 10 percent.
In Sweden, the slide for the broad index OMX Stockholm PI has increased to around 4 percent.
The figures come after historically bad numbers noted in Asia. Tokyo's Nikkei index fell as much as 12.4 percent at the close, the biggest slide since “Black Monday” in 1987. And in Taiwan, the slide was the biggest in 57 years.