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Thursday was brutal for technology stock investors, as the carnage spread far beyond the parent company of Facebook.
Below is a list of the worst 20 performers among the Nasdaq-100 on Feb. 3., led by a 26% plunge in Meta Platforms Inc.
FB,
following a disappointing fourth-quarter earnings announcement.
Read: Facebook stands to shed more than $200 billion in market value after rough earnings report
Here’s how the broad indexes performed on Feb. 3:
-
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.45%
fared best, declining 518 points, or 1.5%, to close at 35,111.16. Despite all the fear in the market as investors look ahead to an expected cycle of interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve, the Dow has pulled back only 3.4% during 2022 and only 5% from its all-time intraday high set on Jan. 5. -
The S&P 500
SPX,
-2.44%
pulled back 2.4% for the session. The benchmark index is now down 6.1% for 2022 and down 7.1% from its high set on Jan. 4. -
The Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
-3.74%
dropped 3.7% and is now down 11.3% for 2022 and 14.4% from its intraday high set on Nov. 22. The index is in correction territory, having fallen more than 10%. -
The Nasdaq-100 Index
NDX,
-4.22% ,
made up of the largest nonfinancial companies in the full Nasdaq and tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust
QQQ,
-4.05% ,
sank 4.2%. It is also in the midst of a correction, declining 11.1% this year and 13.5% from its intraday high, also set on Nov 22.
Meta tops the Nasdaq-100 loser list
Here are the 20 worst performers among the Nasdaq-100 on Feb. 3:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Feb. 3 | Price change – 2022 | Decline from 52-week high | Date of 52-week high |
| Meta Platforms Inc. Class A |
FB, |
-26.4% | -29.4% | -38.2% | 09/01/2021 |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
AMZN, |
-7.8% | -16.7% | -26.4% | 07/13/2021 |
| MercadoLibre Inc. |
MELI, |
-7.7% | -25.9% | -50.2% | 02/16/2021 |
| Honeywell International Inc. |
HON, |
-7.6% | -8.0% | -19.0% | 08/02/2021 |
| Marvell Technology Inc. |
MRVL, |
-7.4% | -21.6% | -26.9% | 12/08/2021 |
| Zoom Video Communications Inc. Class A |
ZM, |
-6.9% | -25.0% | -69.5% | 02/16/2021 |
| Skyworks Solutions Inc. |
SWKS, |
-6.7% | -10.7% | -32.1% | 04/29/2021 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. |
TXN, |
-6.5% | -6.8% | -13.2% | 10/25/2021 |
| PayPal Holdings Inc. |
PYPL, |
-6.2% | -34.1% | -59.9% | 07/26/2021 |
| Microchip Technology Inc. |
MCHP, |
-6.1% | -14.8% | -17.6% | 12/28/2021 |
| DocuSign Inc. |
DOCU, |
-6.0% | -25.0% | -63.7% | 08/10/2021 |
| NXP Semiconductors NV |
NXPI, |
-5.7% | -12.9% | -17.3% | 12/07/2021 |
| Netflix Inc. |
NFLX, |
-5.6% | -32.7% | -42.1% | 11/17/2021 |
| KLA Corp. |
KLAC, |
-5.4% | -13.0% | -18.2% | 01/13/2022 |
| Lululemon Athletica Inc. |
LULU, |
-5.4% | -15.6% | -32.0% | 11/16/2021 |
| Nvidia Corp. |
NVDA, |
-5.1% | -18.6% | -30.9% | 11/22/2021 |
| Match Group Inc. |
MTCH, |
-5.1% | -15.3% | -38.5% | 10/21/2021 |
| Splunk Inc. |
SPLK, |
-4.9% | -0.7% | -35.5% | 02/02/2021 |
| Zscaler Inc. |
ZS, |
-4.8% | -23.7% | -34.9% | 11/19/2021 |
| Qualcomm Inc. |
QCOM, |
-4.8% | -2.1% | -7.5% | 01/05/2022 |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
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