Tech Stocks Fall; Dow Down 80

Google remains below $300
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 9, 2009 3:19 PM CDT
Tech Stocks Fall; Dow Down 80
Joseph Mastrolia, left, of LaBranche & Co. and Todd Ingrilli of ICAP Corp. work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange today.   (AP Photo)

Withering tech stocks tugged the broader market down today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hewlett-Packard fell 4.6% while IBM closed down 2.9%, Cisco dropped 3.95% and Google 5.9%—after that stock closed below $300 on Friday for the first time since January. The Dow fell 79.89 to 6,547.05. The Nasdaq lost 25.21, closing at 1,268.64, while the S&P 500 shed 6.85 to settle at 676.53. (More Dow Jones stories.)

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