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ASX hits two-month low as tech rout, vaccine setback fuels 2.5% dive – The Sydney Morning Herald
The ASX 200 plunged to a five-week low on Wednesday after US tech names extended their sell-off and AstraZeneca put its COVID vaccine trial on hold.
Tech stocks were also copping a hiding, mirroring the overnight rout of the NASDAQ to drop 3.2 per cent as a sector. All ASX 200 tech shares were lower, with Afterpay dropping 3.7 per cent to $72.25, Xero losing 2.4 per cent to $93.21, and Wisetech Global 3.5 per cent down at $27.62.
Just 12 of all ASX 200 stocks were ahead, with the heavyweight banks, miners and health firms all down.
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