On Wall Street, it’s tech blechh

THE STOCK market took a nose dive Tuesday one day after posting its best performance in more than two years.

Technology companies, which were big decliners last week, racked up more losses.

Facebook, whose shares have been hard hit recently due to government scrutiny into its collection of private user data, slid $8, or 5%, to $152. It has lost 20% since hitting a record high Feb. 1.

Twitter slumped 11.6% after Citron Research said it is shorting the social media portal because of its reliance on licensing user data.

The Dow tumbled 445 points, or 1.9%, to 23,747. It had jumped 669 points Monday, its best day since 2015. The S&P 500 fell 2.1% and the Nasdaq lost 3%.