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Stock futures fell on Friday after Wall Street witnessed its worst day in more than a month.
Futures for the 30-stock index plunged 237 points, or 0.5%, to 47,312.
Futures for the S&P 500 index weakened 56 points, or 0.8%, to 6,704.
Futures for the NASDAQ erased 326 points, or 1.3%, to 25,768.75
Key technology stocks continued to face pressure Friday. Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices each fell around 3% in the premarket, extending their losses from the previous session. Palantir Technologies also declined almost 4%, while Tesla slipped around 4%.
Both are tracking for significant losses this week, with Palantir and Tesla having fallen more than 3% and more than 6%, respectively, in the weekly period so far.
Bitcoin saw meaningful losses Friday as well, pulling back more than 2%. The move further signals the risk-off mood on Wall Street, especially by tech investors.
Major U.S. indexes on Thursday posted their worst one-day performance since Oct. 10. The Dow lost about 800 points, taking back gains seen in Wednesday’s session when it crossed the 48,000 level.
The NASDAQ dropped more than 2%, as technology giants came away battered. Those losses have now put the tech-heavy index on pace to snap its seven-week win streak.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 tumbled 1.8% Friday, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng tanked 1.9%
Oil prices gained 86 cents to $59.55 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices waned $73.90 to $4,120.24 U.S. per ounce.
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