Apple shares fell as much as 6% Friday as the tech sector joined in a broad-market selloff, reports “MarketWatch” (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-takes-6-hit-in-wake-of-nokia-suit-2010-05-07?siteid=yhoof2).

Apple shares recovered some of their losses, but remained down by US$11 a share at $235 on volume of more than 25 million shares exchanged. Separately, Nokia Corp. said it was suing Apple for patent infringement involving the iPhone and iPad 3G products.