It's a story that's starting to become rather familiar. The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is once again falling today, scraping off another 1.53% so far. And once again, it seems to be ASX tech shares that are leading the ASX's falls, with the S&P/ASX All Technology Index (ASX: XTX) down by 2.43%. C'est la vie, it seems. This carnage has not escaped the Zip Co Ltd (ASX: ZIP) share price.
Zip is currently down by another 4.42% so far this Thursday, and is now being priced at 86.5 cents a share. That comes after what is now the ASX's largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) share hit another 52-week low of 86 cents a share this morning. It's a new four-year low for Zip too, with the company not seeing these kinds of share pricing levels since back in 2018.
So what's behind this latest slump in Zip shares?
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Why is the Zip share price falling yet again?
Well, nothing specific it seems. There's been no news out of Zip for a while. So it looks like today's falls are just the result of further punishment for the tech sector from ASX investors.
Most tech shares are falling steeply today. Block Inc (ASX: SQ2), the new owner of Zip's old rival Afterpay, is down by 2.78%. Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) has lost 3.53%. And Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) shares have lost 4.37%. Zip's fellow BNPL share Sezzle Inc (ASX: SZL), which Zip is still in the process of acquiring, has slumped 5.83% and hit a new multi-year low of 56 cents too.
But investors haven't been impressed with Zip for a while now. As my Fool colleague Aaron covered this week, investors have seemingly been losing confidence in the company since its April third-quarter update.
No doubt shareholders will be hoping a bottom can be found soon. But we shall have to wait and see.
At the current Zip share price, this ASX BNPL share has a market capitalisation of $622 million.
