Global Microsoft outage fuels further tech sector woes 

Crowdstrike's Falcon Sensor software is causing Microsoft Windows to crash, causing shares in both firms to slide as the Stoxx 600 and the Nasdaq indexes both closed down

In US premarket trading, Microsoft shares dropped 2.8% and Crowdstrike shares slid as much as 14%. Picture: Haven Daley/AP

The widespread technical outages that followed disruptions across Microsoft’s online services fuelled tech share woes.

The disruption comes as Microsoft said it resolved its cloud services outage that appeared to be linked to an issue at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike.