Amazon Loses $53 Billion in Market Value, Becoming FAANG's Biggest Loser
- Amazon sinks after report that Trump is ‘obsessed’ with firm
- Facebook had underperformed the FAANG companies for weeks
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Move over, Facebook. U.S. investors have a new punching bag among the FAANGs: Amazon.com, Inc.
Facebook Inc. gave up the top loser spot to Amazon.com, which lost $53 billion in market value on Wednesday after Axios reported that President Donald Trump is “obsessed” with regulating the e-commerce behemoth. The social media giant had previously underperformed the tech megacap group amid concern over the company’s handling of its users’ personal information.