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Big Tech meltdown and rising virus cases lead S&P 500 to worst week since March: 

Stocks fell on Friday, dropping for the fourth time in the past five days in a retreat that has added up to Wall Street’s worst week since March, as rising pandemic cases, new shutdowns and a sell-off in large technology stocks all dragged the major benchmarks lower. The S&P 500 fell 1.2 per cent, bringing its loss for the week to 5.6 per cent. That’s its biggest weekly drop since the week through March 20, when stocks plunged 15 per cent before they began to rebound