Shares of technology companies fell amid trepidation ahead of earnings reports.

Shares of Singapore-based education-technology company Genius Group more than tripled after it appointed a former F.B.I. director to lead a probe into illegal trading in its stock.

Online furniture seller Wayfair plans to lay off more than 1,000 workers, The Wall Street Journal reported.


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