Leading
US shares have fallen on Wall Street, dragged lower by Apple, which slipped
3.5% after the technology giant was forced to pull an update to its iOS 8
operating system.
The
main Dow Jones index was down more than 200 points, or 1.3%, at 16,986 in early
trading.
Investor
confidence was also knocked by weak durable goods orders figures released by the
Commerce Department.
European
markets also fell sharply after Wall Street opened.
Germany's
Dax and France's Cac 40 indexes were down about 1.5%, while the UK's FTSE 100
was 1.2% lower.
'Under fire'
Other
technology stocks listed on Wall Street were also hit by Apple's slide - both
Microsoft and Intel were down 1.6%.
Earlier,
the world's biggest technology company apologised after
