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Amazon Stock Suffers Its Biggest One-Day Drop Since 2006, Falling 14% After Report Of Quarterly Loss

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Falling victim to the latest spasm of market volatility, Amazon shares plunged 14% today in the wake of a poor first-quarter earnings report.It was the company’s worst single-day decline since 2006, according to Bloomberg data.

The pullback, which saw the stock settle at $2,485.63 erased more than $200 billion in market value. Last March, Amazon announced a 20-for-1 stock split, which will be distributed to shareholders of record as of June 3.Amazon stock had been one of the darlings of the pandemic, rising  even as the world faced grueling lockdowns and deep uncertainty in 2020 and into 2021 and companies in many sectors experienced severe crisis.

Along with other so-called “stay at home” stocks like Netflix and Peloton, Amazon is suddenly facing an uphill climb with investors.

While its overall business remains largely on track, the tech giant posted a $4 billion dollar loss for the quarter ending March 31, the first quarter in red figures since 2015.

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