Sentence examples for decline in technology from inspiring English sources

[C2.] Technology Shares Lead a Decline A broad-based decline in technology issues led stocks lower.

Mainly it reflects the "Nasdaq effect" -- the worldwide decline in technology exuberance over the last two months.

Stocks fell yesterday, led by a broad-based decline in technology issues as worries about corporate accounting practices continued to roil the market.

But it did show a change in executives' attitudes late last year, before the government first reported a decline in technology spending.

Share Prices Climb By Bloomberg News Stock prices rose as investors bet the decline in technology shares on Thursday was overdone.

Despite the decline in technology stocks, investors traded with cautious optimism on new evidence that the nation's economic growth was slowing, analysts said.

Declines in technology companies helped drag the broader stock market down on Thursday.

Less severe declines in technology stocks helped to contain losses on the Nasdaq composite index, which was down 1percentt, or 19.35 points, to 1,731.08.

"Equity inflows have been declining in technology and index funds but have stood up fairly well in the large-cap growth area," Mr. Adler said.

"What does this cause them to do?" He expects the low prices of old economy stocks -- the established industrial and consumer products companies -- will draw investors' attention and help offset further declines in technology stocks.

Add to this the recent turbulence in the financial markets - including big declines in technology stocks - and you might conclude that some analysts yet again were telling investors to buy at exactly the wrong time.