Leading tech stocks, including Apple and Tesla, took a one-percent dive, and chip stocks, such as Advanced Micro Devices and Micron Technology, were under strong pressure on Thursday.
However, the Dow Jones suffered the hardest blow, as it dived 1.76 percent. Other major indices, such as the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite, fell by over one percent.
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25 December 2018, 08:26 GMT
The stocks have remained under pressure throughout December, amid traders' concerns that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates. Other factors that contributed to the anxieties were the US-China trade row, instability in US President Donald Trump's administration and the partial closure of the US government.
Part of the US federal government shut down last week after Congressmen failed to come to terms over the projected $5 billion in budget funds for President Donald Trump's border wall, marking the third government closedown this outgoing year, with all the three involving tensions over immigration.
