Shares of power producers fell sharply as investors fled stocks of all description after a bout of risk aversion.

Shares of solar-power concern Sunpower declined in a volatile session, as day traders triggered "short squeezes" in heavily shorted stocks like Sunpower's.

Shares of Invesco Solar exchange-traded fund, used by some investors as a proxy for Biden administration climate-change plans, fell sharply, even as President Biden reiterated his intent to shift climate policy.


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