US stocks sink this week, semiconductors walloped amid sell-off

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US equities (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) closed Friday's session in negative territory — led by the Nasdaq Composite's 1.4% drop — all three of the market indexes seeing weekly losses amid the recent sell-off in semiconductor stocks. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre examines the day's market moves, taking a closer look at the losses in semiconductor stocks and the gains seen across the software landscape.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on July 17, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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