us stocks fell extending their april losses as investors digested earnings reports from leading companies and weighed concerns about inflation and the spread of covid19 in china stocks extended their losses late in tuesday’s session the sp 500 shed 28 a day after tech stocks led major indexes higher the dow jones industrial average declined 24 or more than 800 points while the technologyheavy nasdaq composite lost nearly 4 ten of the sp 100’s 11 sectors were recently in the red with consumer discretionary and tech stocks among the leading decliners all three indexes are on track to lose ground this month