In addition, the news that Intel Corporation last week lowered the projected business revenue for this quarter continued to exert pressure on the tech shares, plunging the Nasdaq index to the lowest level since October of last year.

• 另外，英特尔公司上周下调本季度营业收入预测数字的消息继续对科技类股构成压力，使得纳斯达克指数跌至去年10月份以来的最低水平。