US Stock Markets Lose More Than $2 Trillion

In early November, American financial markets experienced one of their most difficult trading days. During the November 5 trading session, the country's major stock market indexes unexpectedly recorded significant declines. According to leading market monitoring platforms, the figures changed as follows:

• Dow Jones — fell by 3.44%;

• S&P 500 — declined by 4.36%;

• Nasdaq — suffered the largest loss, dropping 5.52%.

According to Reuters, this marked the Nasdaq's biggest single-day decline in the past 19 months. The stock market's total market capitalization fell by more than $2 trillion in just one day.

The heaviest losses were concentrated in the technology sector and major companies involved in artificial intelligence (AI). In particular:

• SpaceX — shares dropped by more than 10%;

• Nvidia — shares lost approximately 9% of their value;

• Tesla — shares also declined by around 10%.