Wall Street traders rushed out of riskier corners of the market, with stocks sliding amid a renewed wave of tech selling while bonds climbed after weak jobs data. Bitcoin briefly tumbled below $70,000. Silver plunged.
Equities extended their drop from the brink of a record, with the S&P 500 down for a third straight session. A plunge in the high-profile group of software firms, chipmakers and all things related artificial intelligence coincided with persistent fears about whether massive investments on the revolutionary technology that has powered the bull market will pay off.
