Tech stocks fall after report that Biden administration plans to crack down on China chipmakers | CNN Business

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Tech shares slumped Wednesday as investors shed the behemoths that fueled Wall Street’s monster stock rally this year.

The Nasdaq Composite index tumbled 2.7% and the S&P 500 lost 1.3%. The Dow rose 0.5%.

Shares of tech heavyweight Nvidia (NVDA) slumped 6.2% and rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dropped by 7.8%.

The selloff comes after a Tuesday report from Bloomberg that the Biden administration is mulling plans to impose more sanctions on Chinese tech firms and to heighten semiconductor trade restrictions between the US and China.

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