Markets struggle but limit losses [Video]

Stock markets slipped on Wednesday as tech firms fought to limit recent losses while disappointing data on US trade also hit sentiment.

Major European markets ended in the red as Wall Street fought to hold the line after sharp falls Tuesday, notably for big tech players.

After early renewed wobbles chip titan Nvidia, which notably shed almost $280 billion of value Tuesday on fears the surge in artificial intelligence-linked firms may have run too far, limited losses after losing three percent in early trading.

Nvidia pushed more than 1 percent into the green mid-session on Wall Street despite a Bloomberg report that it has been subpoenaed by US antitrust regulators as part of a probe into its practices.

London, Paris and Frankfurt all finished modestly down while the Dow was just into positive territory just over two hours into trading, while the Nasdaq limited its losses to 0.1 percent.

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