Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said Thursday it lost $136 billion in the first quarter due largely to the drop in the value of its shareholdings in US tech firms.

“It was the decline in equities, especially among large US technology companies, that determined the outcome,” said Trond Grande, deputy CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management.

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