Wall Street crash: within 2 minutes, the US stock market fell by 3.5%

Wall Street crash: within 2 minutes, the US stock market fell by 3.5%

The New York Stock Exchange opened on April 7 with a sharp drop — in just two minutes, the main indices fell by more than 3%.

This was one of the fastest declines in recent years.

Indices fell:

• S&P 500 — -3.5%

• NASDAQ — -4.16%

• Dow Jones (DIJA) — -3.52%

Technology giants were particularly affected:

• Apple — -6%

• Nvidia — almost -7%

• Tesla — a record drop of -7.92%

Data visualization on stock maps temporarily ceased: the systems stopped displaying quotations in real time. This can indicate both overload and possible technical failures due to panic selling.