US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Nasdaq falls 5% in tech-fueled selloff

Sept 3- Wall Street posted sharp declines on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq sliding more than 5% as investors dumped high-flying technology-focused stocks, while economic data raised fears about a difficult and long recovery.

Sept 3 (Reuters) – Wall Street posted sharp declines on

Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq sliding more than 5% as

investors dumped high-flying technology-focused stocks, while

economic data raised fears about a difficult and long recovery.

At 11:24 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Averagewas down 718.29 points, or 2.47%, at 28,382.21, the S&P 500was down 116.23 points, or 3.25%, at 3,464.61, and theNasdaq Composite was down 568.67 points, or 4.72%, at11,487.77.(Reporting by Sagarika Jaisinghani in Bengaluru; Editing byShinjini Ganguli)