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Tech stock losses continue to drag down U.S. stock indexes.

Bitcoin is trading at near six-month lows.

A key earnings report and new federal labor data are due out this week.

Risk-averse investors bailing out of tech stocks and cryptocurrency tokens helped drive major stock indexes down, and bitcoin was trading near six-month lows ahead of key earnings reports and new federal jobs data due to be released later this week.

At the end of regular trading Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down nearly 500 points for the day, the S&P 500 slipped .83% and the Nasdaq Composite fell by 1.21%.

Industry watchers say a third quarter financial report from advanced microchip maker Nvidia due Wednesday could act as a bellwether for an investment community that is watching for

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