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Front Page - Friday, August 9, 2024

Stocks slump on Wall Street after a morning rally evaporates




NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street slumped after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses weren't as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week.

The S&P 500 fell 0.8% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1%.

Stocks swung lower as Nvidia, one of Wall Street's most influential companies, went from a morning gain to a loss of 5.1%, making it the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks have been struggling on worries their prices shot too high amid Wall Street's frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology.