The Netflix of China enters a bear market (IQ)

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June 22, 2018 4:02 PM

iQiyi is trading down more than 8% on Friday, and have lost more than 23% since their June high. The sell-off comes amid a lack of any headlines, and looks to be technical.

The sell-off comes amid a lack of any headlines and looks to be technical.
Shares had more than doubled over the past month.

iQiyi, often referred to as the Netflix of China, is getting hit hard for a second straight session. Shares are trading down 8.77% at $35.42 early Friday.

Two days of heavy selling has erased more than $6 billion of market cap and sent shares down 23% from their June 19 record high of $46.23 a share. A bear market is a drop of 20% or more from a peak.

The recent weakness comes amid an absence of headlines and appears to be related to some technical weakness. Early Thursday, selling pushed prices below the trendline that was in place from the rally that occurred from May 21 to June 19. Over that time, shares more than doubled in value.

iQiyi has seen a cult following among millennial investors in recent weeks. Data from the free trading app Robinhood,

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