Most Dramatic Stock Moves of 2022 Led by Meta’s Nosedive
- Dramatic moves abound in year of global equities turbulence
- List includes 13,000% IPO pop and Apple’s record rally
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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From a little-known manufacturing firm’s 13,000% rally in its US stock-market debut to a flash crash across Nordic stocks, there was no shortage of dramatic moments that consumed equity investors’ focus in 2022.
It was a turbulent period for global stocks amid central banks’ efforts to tamp down rampant inflation, but much of the daily drama that livened up watercooler conversations had little to do with the macroeconomic tides.