As Investors Unload Facebook Shares, Stock Tumbles Below $20

Thursday was the first day that major investors in Facebook could sell their shares — and one company did just that. Accel Partners, one of the earliest investors in the social network, reportedly sold 50 million shares of Facebook (total worth: roughly $1 billion). Others could follow suit soon. Facebook's stock, which closed Wednesday at $21.20 per share, fell to $19.87 when the closing bell rang Thursday.

Thursday was the first day that major investors in Facebook could sell their shares — and one company did just that. Accel Partners, one of the earliest investors in the social network, reportedly sold 50 million shares of Facebook (total worth: roughly $1 billion). Others could follow suit soon. Facebook’s stock, which closed Wednesday at $21.20 per share, fell to $19.87 when the closing bell rang Thursday.

Several outlets reported Thursday that Accel was the first major investor to cut ties with its stock — representing 50 million of the 271 million shares that were available to sell Thursday.

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