04:45 PM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes and Treasury yields plummeted Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing nearly 1,700 points, as President Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs raised global trade tensions. The Dow slid 4% to 40,545.9, while the Nasdaq Composite sank 6% to 16,550.6. The S&P 500 shed 4.8% to 5,396.5. Barring...

02:19 PM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes and Treasury yields plunged intraday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing more than 1,300 points, as President Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs increased global trade tensions. The Dow was down 3.2% at 40,879 after midday Thursday, while the Nasdaq Composite sank 5.1% to 16,696.7. The S&P 500...

04:31 PM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes closed sharply lower on Thursday as investors reacted to the tariffs announcement by President Donald Trump. The Nasdaq Composite declined 6% to 16,550.6, while the S&P 500 fell 4.8% to 5,396.5. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 4% to 40,545.9. All sectors except consumer staples were in the...

ORLANDO, Florida, April 3 (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist Highest U.S. tariffs in over 100 years slam markets On March 7, U.S. Treasury Scott Bessent said the U.S. economy could be in for a detox period as it adjusted to President Donald Trump's transformative policy agenda. The gyrations...