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[The three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower, with the tech sector leading the decline] The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed lower: the Dow Jones Index fell 1.65%, the S&P 500 Index fell 1.65%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.29%. The tech sector led the decline, with Tesla down over 6%, Intel down over 5%, AMD and Oracle down over 4%, Nvidia down over 3%, and Amazon and Google down over 2%.