By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks headed south
early Thursday, as Day 3 of the government shutdown sparked another
selloff on Wall Street.
The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) was down 0.6% to 3,793, pacing
the broader market retreat as the Dow Jones Industrial Average
(DJI) shed 102 points.
Major technology issues were in the red, led by Hewlett-Packard
Cop.(HPQ) , Intel Corp.(INTC) , Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Yahoo
Inc.(YHOO)
On the upside, Groupon Inc. (GRPN) rose 1.4% after the online
daily deals site announced several executive hires, including
Robbie Schwietzer, who had been Amazon.com's vice president for its
Prime operations and who was named senior vice president of
operations.
Shares of Workday Inc. (WDAY) and Yelp Inc. (YELP) held on to
fractional gains, while Amazon (AMZN) was down a fraction.
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