The S & P 500 index narrowed to within 2% and opened more than 4% lower. The Nasdaq index narrowed to 2.21% and opened 6% lower. The Dow is now down 1.9%. Star technology stocks eased their losses significantly, with Nvidia (NVDA. O), TSMC (TSM. N), Apple (AAPL. O) and Tesla (TSLA. O) falling to about 4.3%, 0.2%, 3.5% and 2.9% respectively.