Stocks plunged Thursday, turning in their worst performance since early in the Covid pandemic, as market participants reacted to President Donald Trump's announcement of wide-ranging tariffs against nearly all U.S. trading partners.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4%, a decline of nearly 1,700 points, while the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:S&P 500 dropped 4.8% and the tech-heavy 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nasdaq Composite tumbled 6%, as the major indexes ꩲ♕closed near their session lows. The Dow and S&P 500 recorded their biggest one-day losses since June 2020, while it was the worst day for the Nasdaq since March of that year.
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Stocks had closed higher in yesterday's regular trading session—for the S&P 500, it marked the third straight day of gains—but fell sharply in extended hours after 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:President Trump unveiled his sweeping plan to tax imports.
The U.S. is imposing a minimum 10% reciprocal tariff on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:nearly all countries. Trump also announced country-specific tar🔴iffs on 60 nations equivalent to half the rate the administration claims those countries levy on U.S. goods in the form of “tariffs, non-monetary barriers, and other forms of cheating.” The tariffs will be applied to all of America’s largest trading partners, including high rates on imports from the European Union, Japan and China.
Trading had been volatile in the run-up to the rollout of the new tariffs—the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite posted their 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:biggest monthly losses since 2022 in March—amid concerns that the trade measure would reignite inflation and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:stall economic growth, while harming companies 🐠that do business arou💃nd the world.
"The tariff announcement was worse than most investors expected," BNP Paribas Asset Management Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris wrote in a note Thursday. "The key question now will be whether there is scope for negotiation on the reciprocal tariffs."
The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which has fallen in recent days as the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:economic concerns have increased, fell to 4.04% from 4.20% at yesterday's close. The yield, which affects borrowing costs on all sorts of loans, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:notably mortgages, fell as low as 4👍.00% th🍷is morning, its lowest level since October.
Shares of retailers that source a large portion of the products they sell from other countries were among the big decliners Thursday. Nike (NKE) was down 14%, while Best Buy (BBY) slid 18%. Target (TGT) and Dollar Tree (DLTR) dropped 11% and 13%, respectively, while Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Ralph Lauren (RL) and Deckers Outdoor (DECK), owner of shoe br🌃ands such as UGG and Hoka, all tumbl🦂ed about 15%.
Apple (AAPL), which has a major manufacturing presence in China, Vietnam and India, was the major decliner among mega-cap technology stocks, falling more than 9%. Chipmakers Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (AVGO) declined about 8% and 11%, respectively, while Amazon (AMZN) and Meta Platforms (META) each slid 9%, Tesla (TSLA) fell more than 5%, and Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOG) also stumbled.
Among other noteworthy tech movers, Dell Technologies (DELL) and HP Inc (HPQ) plunged 19% and 15%, respectively, while memory chip maker Micron (MU) and Microchip Technology (MCHP) both declined more than 16%.
Financial services stocks were also 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:down sharply today amid growing fears of a recession, with retail banking giants Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) both down more than 11%. American Express (AXP) was down 10%, while investment banks Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) each fell more than 9%.
Bitcoin was trading at around $82,400 in late-afternoon trading Thursday, down from about $88,000 just before Trump spoke late yesterday afternoon, as investors flee risky assets. The bitcoin decline was pulling crypto stocks, including Strategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN), sharply lower.
Gold futures, which have hit a series of record highs in recent days, were down 0.9% at $3,140 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. crude oil benchmark, plunged 7.1% to $66.60 per barrel, amid concerns about a global trade war and as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:oil producing c🤡ountries sped 🎶up plans to increase output.
These Were the Big Movers in the S&P 500 on Thursday
Decliners
- The tariff announcement pressured shares of companies that manufacturer technological devices, which could face higher costs in their international supply chains. Dell Technologies (DELL) stock suffered the steepest drop in the S&P 500 on Thursday, plummeting 19%.
- Shares of fellow manufacturer HP (HPQ) dropped 15%. Other companies involved in the creation of computer hardware took a hit on Thursday: Western Digital (WDC), a manufacturer of hard disk drives and other data storage technologies, fell 18%.
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- Best Buy (BBY) shares dropped 18%. Citi downgraded the electronics retailer's stock to "neutral" from "buy," highlighting the the likelihood of pressure on same-store sales as customers reject price increases. According to Citi analysts, the existing tariff plans on imports from China could result in a 5-percentage-point sales decline for Best Buy as consumers 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:limit discretionary spending, suggesting significant downside risk to the company's current guidance.
Advancers
- Shares of Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) bucked the downward pressure on the broader markets, jumping 10% to notch the strongest gains of any S&P 500 stock. The provider of frozen french fries and other potato products reported 澳洲幸运🔴5开奖号码历史查询:better-than-expected sales and profits for its fiscal third quarter, highlighting progress on its efforts to improve operational efficiency despite persistent headwinds from subdued restaurant traffic. Activist investor Jana Partners, which acquired a sizable position in Lamb Weston late last year, has been pushing for changes as the company navigates a challenging environment.
- Numerous stocks with defensive characteristics, including several names in the health care sector, managed to push higher despite the turbulent market environment. Shares of insurance providers Molina Healthcare (MOH), Centene (CNC), and Elevance Health (ELV) added 7.5%, 5.9%, and 5.4%, respectively.
- A shift toward stocks with a better chance of withstanding a potential recession also helped boost shares of discount retailer Dollar General (DG), which advanced 4.7%. The company could be in a good position to attract cost-conscious shoppers if an economic downturn materializes and consumer sentiment continues to deteriorate.
Major Indexes Tracking for 6th Down Week in 7
The major U.S. stock indexes came into Thursday's session in positive territory for the week. But after today's tariffs-fueled rout, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are on pace to post weekly losses for the sixth time in the past seven weeks.
The S&P 500 is down 3.3% so far this week, while the Nasdaq Composite has given up 4.5% through Thursday's close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost 2.5% so far this week, putting it on track for its fifth weekly loss in the last seven.
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So far this ꩵyear, the Dow has retreated 4.7%, while the S&P 500 is down 8.3% and the Nasdaq has plunged 14%.
Investopedia's Coverage of Thursday's Market Meltdown
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Just How Bad Was Thursday's Selloff?
The magnitude of today's sell-off was unusual. Here are some data points that explain just how rough a day it was for the stock market:
- The S&P 500 fell 4.8%, its worst day since June 11, 2020, when concerns about a second wave of Covid-19 infections dashed hopes for a quick return to pre-pandemic life. Aside from that day, there have been only 4 worse days this decade, and all of them were in March 2020 at the height of the Covid rout. The benchmark index is now at its lowest level since August.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,679 points, its fourth-largest decline this decade and also the biggest since June 2020. The blue-chip index lost nearly 4% in Thursday's sell-off, putting it about 430 points—or 1%—from a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:technical correction. The Dow is at its lowest level since September
- The Nasdaq Composite plummeted nearly 6%, its worst day since March 16, 2020, the day after the Federal Reserve dropped interest rates to near zero. With Thursday's losses, the index sits nearly 18% off its recent highs, putting it perilously close to a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:bear market. The tech-heavy index is trading at its lowest level since August.
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- Apple stock plummeted 9.4%, also its worst day since March 2020. The decline wiped about $315 billion off the iPhone maker’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:market capitalization, the second-largest decline for a single stock on record.
- The Magnificent Seven as a whole lost a little over $1 trillion in market value, about equal to the combined market caps of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Netflix (NFLX)—the S&P 500's 13th and 19th largest companies, respectively—and slightly less than the gross domestic product of Saudi Arabia.
- The small-cap 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Russell 2000 fell 6.6%, its worst day since June 2020.
- Thursday's sell-off was incredibly broad. The equal-weight S&P 500 declined 4.8%, its biggest drop since June 2020 and enough to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:put it in a correction. Four in five S&P 500 stocks lost ground on Thursday, with about 15% of the index recording declines of 10% or more.
Lamb Weston Soars on Strong Earnings
Lamb Weston (LW), a maker of french fries and other potato products, was a notable outlier dꦑuring Thursday's selloff.
Shares of the company gained 10% to lead S&P 500 gainers after the potato processing giant report🐲ed better-than-expected quarterly results.
Lamb Weston reported fiscal third-quarter adjusted 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:earnings per share (EPS) of $1.10 on net sales of $1.52 billion. Analysts polled by Visible Alpha were looking for ꦿ$0.86 and $1.48 billion, respectively.
"As a result of the actions we took in early fiscal 2025 to drive operational and cost efficiencies, we closed the quarter with sequentially improved volume trends and profitability metrics that were in line with our previously updated fiscal 2025 outlook," CEO Mike Smith said, noting the company expects "headwinds from soft restaurant traffic to persist."
Smith assumed the top role at Lamb Weston in January. The company 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:has faced pressure from activist investor Jana Partners.
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Despite today's surge, Lamb Weston shares have lost more than 40% of their value over the past 12 months.
Auto Stocks Sink as Tariffs Take Effect
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Stellantis (STLA), the company behind Fiat and Chrysler, will pause🌜 production at plants in Mexico and Canada and assess the tariffs, according to CNBC, which reported that 900 "US-🌳represented employees" would be temporarily laid off. Its shares fell 9% today.
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General Motors (GM) shares dropped 4%, while Ford (F) shares retreated 6%. Electric vehicle manufacturers were also hit, with Rivian (RIVN) off nearly 8% and Tesla (TSLA) down 5.5%. Tesla shares seesawed yesterday following disappointing deliveries numbers and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reports that CEO Elon Musk▨ may take a step back f🌃ro🐼m his work with the Trump administration.
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These Two Retail Stocks Are Holding Up Today
Two discount retail shares managed to avoid the steeper dropoffs seen by some other big retailers in the wake of the Trump administration's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:latest tariffs.
TJX Cos. (TJX) shares edged higher in recent trading Thursday. Ross Stores (ROST) ticked a bit lower, but its decline was notably smaller than those of Target (TGT), Best Buy (BBY), and Five Below (FIVE), all of which were down more than 10%.
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Citi analysts upgraded Ross and TJX, parent company of T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods, to "buy" ratings on Thursday. They lifted their price target on the latter stock to $140, in line with the Street's consensus according to Visible Alpha, from $128, saying the retailer is "as well positioned as ever."
"Tariffs are likely to create significant disruption in the [market], greatly increasing the availability of product available to off-pricers at attractive prices," the analysts wrote. "At the same time, a potentially weakening consumer environment will mean more consumers are likely to trade down to the off-price channel in search of value."
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Oppenheimer and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:UBS analysts also issued notes Thursday on the retail industry, saying giants like Walmart (WMT) and Costco (COST) are likely t♋o weather the tariff storm as well.
Bank Stocks Slide as Tariffs Raise Recession Risks
Shares of major U.S. banks were sharply lower on Thursday as Wall Street reacted to President Donald Trump’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:announcement of sweeping tariffs ⛄that economists warn could stunt economic grow🃏th and reignite inflation.
The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index (BKX) was down nearly 9% in recent trading. A decline of that size would represent the index’s worst day since the regional banking crisis of March 2023, when the collapse of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Silicon Valley and Signature Banks coincided with an 11% drop for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:benchmark index.
Regional banks Western Alliance (WAL) and Zions Bancorp (ZION), both down double digits Thursday, were leading the index’s decliners. Among the largest U.S. banks, Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) were the hardest hit, falling 12% and 11%, respectively. Shares of JPMorgan Chase (JPM), one of the world’s largest banks, were down 6%, while 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:investment banks Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) were both off more than 8%.
Banks aren’t directly affected by Trump’s tariffs, which apply first to companies that buy and sell goods. However, like all services, banking benefits from a healthy economy in which businesses and consumers are borrowing, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:investing, and spending.
Economists have warned that the new tariffs, which could lift America’s overall tariff rate to its highest level in a century, threaten to slow economic growth, reduce investment, and weigh on consumer spending. Many investors and economists are concerned the tariff fallout 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:could result in stagflation and complicate the Federal Reserve's efforts to bring inflation down to its 2% target without pushing the economy into a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:recession.
Deutsche Bank analysts on Wednesday warned that the tariffs as outlined could shave 1 to 1.5 percentage points off U.S. gross domestic product growth this year—"meaningfully raising recession risks"—and tack a similar amount onto the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:core inflation rate.
Oil Prices Plunge on Tariff Concerns, OPEC Output Plans
Oil prices dropped Thursday amid worries about an escalating trade war from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Trump's tariffs, as OPEC and its all🌳ies sped up plans to increase output and ꦐunwind supply cuts.
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Brent crude futures were recently trading at $70.05 per barrel Thursday, while 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. benchmark, were at about $66ඣ.80, both down nearly 7%.
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC𒉰+), a grouping led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, said i🌌n a statement Thursday that it would add 411,000 barrels a day to the market next month, “equivalent to three monthly increment🦩s.”
“This comprises the increment ♐originally planned for May in addition to two monthly increments,” the 🍰grouping said.
In early March, the group affirmed plans to gradually increase crude production beginning in April, ending a voluntary program it started almost two years ago to prop oil prices. The group had a policy of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:voluntary production cuts of 2.2 million 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:barrels per day (B/D).
Equal-Weight S&P 500 on Track to Enter Correction
The equal-weight S&P 500 tumbled Thursday, putting the index on track to close in a correction as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:U.S. stocks reeled from President Trump's announcement of far-reaching tariffs.&ཧnbsp;
The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:equal-weight S&P 500 fell as much as 4.4% Thursday, its biggest intraday decline since June 2022 when inflation was running at a 40-year high. The index was down 4% recently and on track to close in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:correction territory, defined as a 10% decline from its recent high.
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The equal-weight S&P 500, as its name suggests, gives equal weight to every component of the index, meaning a 1% move in the share price of the index’s smallest company has as much impact as a 1% move in the price of its largest. The standard 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:capitalization-weighted S&P 500, on the other hand, assigns stocks an index weight that ♎is proportionate to the company’s market value.
The equal-weight S&P 500’s correction signals the current sell-off is broader than the declines earlier this year. The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Magnificent Seven, which led the stock market’s gains throughout 2023 and 2024, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:entered a correction in late February as increasing economic uncertainty and moderating earnings growth 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:compelled investors to take profits. A week later, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite also slipped into a correction, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:followe๊d by the cap-weighted S&am꧟p;P 500 a week later.
About 80% of the stocks in the S&P 500 were trading in the red on Thursday afternoon after President Trump 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:unveiled sweeping tariffs that economists and investors worry will sl꧂ow growth while ra🌳ising prices for businesses and consumers.
Bitcoin, Cyrpto Stocks Retreat After Tariff News
Bitcoin extended its recent retreat Thursday, with the price of the leading cryptocurrency falling in the wake of President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement.
Bitcoin was trading below $82,000 after the late-Wednesday news of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new tariffs that shook global markets and eroded investors' interest in risk assets. The digital currency was around $88,000 before Trump un♏veiled the new trade measures late yesterday afterꦍnoon.
The news also hit crypto-related stocks. Strategy (MSTR), the Bitcoin buyer that recently changed its name from MicroStrategy, was off 9%. Crypto exchange Coinbase Global (COIN) fell more than 7%, while trading platform Robinhood Markets (HOOD) slipped about 10%.
Crypto mining company Mara Holdings (MARA) fell 9%.
Bitcoin's retreat extends a slide from six-digit prices last seen in February following a runup driven by optimism about cryptocurrency in the wake of Trump's election.
The total market cap of cryptocurrenc꧒y, recen♎tly around $2.6 trillion, has fallen some 6% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Oppenheimer Recommends Defensive Consumer Stocks
Investors should consider defensively oriented consumer stocks over discretionary shares after President Trump's latest tariff announcement, Oppenheimer analysts said Thursday.
The analysts in a note said stocks like Arm & Hammer brand owner Church & Dwight (CHD), Costco Wholesale (COST), over-the-counter products company Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), and Walmart (WMT) could hold up better than those of companies like appliance maker Sharkninja (SN) and Target (TGT).
"Assuming the announced tariffs come to fruition, we clearly favor our defensive Outperform-rated names along with Ulta Beauty (ULTA) over more discrꦺetionary names" i🦂n the short term, Oppenheimer's note said.
If material tariffs stay in place and retailers are forced t🔯o raise prices, Oppenheimer said, consumer spending could take a hit. Some retailers, however, might see a near-term boost in spending as shoppers look to spend before price hikes arrive.
Some beauty products makers, such as e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) and Helen of Troy (HELE), could find it hard to maintain profit margins under the tariff regim🃏e, even with higher ওprices and productivity, according to Oppenheimer.
Treasury Yields Approach 6-Month Low
Treasury yields tumbled on Thursday to ne⛄arly a 6-month low, a day after President Trump announ💛ced sweeping tariffs that shook stock markets around the world.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which affects borrowing costs on all sorts of loans, tumbled Thursday morning to as low as 4.00%, down from 4.20% late yesterday and at its lowest level since mid-October. The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:bond rally—when bond prices go up, yields fall—came amid a global stock sell-off that put the S&P 500 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:down more than 4% in late-morning trading.
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Trump on Wednesday afternoon announced a 10% flat rate tariff on nearly all U.S. imports, as well as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:steeper country-level rates aimed at America’s lar🍸gest trading partners, including China, the European Union, and Japan. The tariffs, Trump says, are meant to raise federal revenue and revive American manufacturing.
Economists warn the levies could have unintended consequences, including higher prices for businesses and consumers, lower domestic investment, and softer consumer spending, all of ꦉwhich would slow the economy.
Trump campaigned on lower interest rates, and since returning to the White House has repeatedly called on the Federal Reserve to cut r👍ates. The 10-year Treasury yield has declined since Trump’s inauguration, but not for the reason he might like.
Trump’s tariffs and government cost-cutting initiative have raised the risk of the U.S. entering a recession, an outcome that could force the Federal Reserve to intervene by lowering its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:federal funds rate. His policies have also rattled financial markets, sending investors into traditional safe-haven assets like Treasurys and gold, which has 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:notched a series of record highs amid this year’s market turmoil.
Lower Treasury yields tend to translate into lower consumer rates on products like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:mortgages and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:car loans, which hꦕave been hovering at multi-decade highs ever since the Federal Reserve began raising rates in March 2022 to tame surging in😼flation.
However, Trump’s tariffs threaten to slow economic growth and stoke inflation, raising concerns that the U.S. is on a collision course with 1970s-style 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:stagflation, a scenario in which the Fed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:may not have much leeway to cut rates and stimulate the economy.
Coca-Cola, General Mills Lift Staples Amid Broader Selloff
Stock-market investors are playing𒀰 defense today.
The major U.S. indexes are in retreat Thursday morning following Donald Trump's announcement of wide-ranging tariffs, with all but one of the S&P 500's 11 sectors in the red. The sole exception is the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:consumer staples sector, considered defensive in nature.
Consumer staples stocks are broadly rising, including Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Procter & Gamble (PG), and frozen potato company Lamb Weston (LW), the latter which is among the morning's top gainers in the benchmark index, rising nearly 8% after 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reporting results.
Some other big consumer-oriented brands are rising today, including McDonald's (MCD) and Coca-Cola (KO), as well as grocer Kroger (KR), and cereal maker General Mills (GIS). Walmart's (WMT) shares ticked lower.
Meanwhile, discretionary and tech shares are dropping, the former sector retreating more than 5% in recent action. Among the index's top decliners today are housewares company Williams Sonoma (WSM), consumer electronics retailer Best Buy (BBY) and game and toy company Hasbro (HAS).
Watch These QQQ Levels as Nasdaq 100 Fund Slides
The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), an exchange-tra🐷ded fund (ETF) that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index, plunged early Thursday after President Trump imposed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:sweeping reciprocal tariffs yesterday.
The fund’s top three holdings—iPhone maker Apple (AAPL), software giant Microsoft (MSFT), and AI favorite Nvidia (NVDA)—all suffered steep after the tariffs were announc🦋ed. Investors worry the new duties may inflate manufacturing costs and consumer prices, both of which could weigh on corporate profits.
Prior to today’s slide, the QQQ fund had tumbled 7% since the start of the year amid concerns over 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:tariff uncertainty, significant AI spending and moderating Big Tech earnings. The QQQ was 🐓down more 4% at around $426 in recent tr𓃲ading.
Since setting its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:record high in mid-February, the QQQ fund has trended sharply lower, forming a classic 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:double top pattern in the process. Importantly, increasing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:trading volume has accompanied the move lower, indicating active selling by index-tracking market participants like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:institutional investors and pension funds.
Earlier this week, the fund’s price slumped beneath the mid-March low before staging an intraday reversal to close above that closely watched level. How🤡evꦑer, the recent bullish momentum has hit a road block.
Investors should watch key support levels on QQQ's chart around $448 and $430, while also monitoring vital resistance levels near $503 and $537.
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Nike Tumbles as Tariffs Hit Asian Suppliers
Nike (NKE) shares plunged in early trading after President Donald Trump imposed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:steep reciprocal tariffs on Vietnam and other 💝As☂ian countries where the sneaker giant makes most of its products.
The U.S. imposed a 46% tariff on Vietnamese goods, 32% on Indonesia, and 49% on Cambodia. President Trump also announced 34% levies on imports from China in addition to previously imposed 20% tariffs on goods from Asia's largest economy.
According to its fiscal 2024 annual report, factories in Vietnam, Indonesia, and China ma🍃nufactured approximately 50%, 27%, and 18% of its footwear, respectively, while factories in Vietnam, China, and Cambodia made 28%, ಞ16%, and 15% of apparel.
"Potential incremental Vietnam tariffs appear under-appreciated by investors, & could prove a notable headwind given significant sourcing exposure across our coverage," Morgan Stanley analyst Alex Straton recently wrote, noting that apart from Nike, sneaker companies Allbirds (), Skechers (SKX) and On Holding (ONON) are "potentially most exposed" from levies🌌 imposed on the Southeast Asian coun💃try.
Nike shares were down 11% in early trading, while On Holding, Skechers, and Allbirds e🅷ach dropped more than 12%.
Retailer Stocks Hammered by News on Tariffs
Shares of Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT) and other retailers sank in premarket trading Thursday after the Trump administration 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:announced sweepi🎉ng reciprocal tariffs against U.S. trading partners.
Shares of Best Buy (BBY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Dollar General (DG), Costco Wholesale (COST), Five Below (FIVE), and Macy's (M) also lost ground amid a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:broader market decline, with Dollar Tree and Best Buy shares down over 12%, and F♛ive Below shares tumb♉ling 19%.
A number of retailers, includingTarget and Best Buy, have previously warned that such tariffs could 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:negatively impact their profit margins unless they and their suppliers 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:raise prices.
Amid uncertainty about the impact tariffs will have on the economy, The National Retail Federation on Wednesday projected 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:retail spending growth could slow in 2025.
Several economists 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历꧅史查询:warned after W🐈ednesday's announcement that the higher-than-expected tariff rates cಌould lead to higher prices, while some suggested that the April 9 deadline leaves time for negotiations.
Watch These Apple Levels as Stock Plunges on Tariff News
Apple (AAPL) shares tumbled in premarket trading after President Trump unveiled 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:sweeping reciprocal tariffs, including a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:steep 34% import tax on China, the country where the company manufac༒tures about 90% of its iPhones.
Not only could Washington’s tariffs raise the price of the tech giant’s devices imported into the U.S., but they may also slow sales in China, Apple’s second largest market, should Beijing impose retaliatory levies on U.S. companies operating in the c🀅ountry.
As of Wednesday’s close, Apple shares trade down a little over 10% since the start of the year and 14% below their 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:record high set in December, in part over uncertainty surrounding🎀 the Trumꦡp administration’s trade policies. The stock was down more than 7% to around $207 before the opening bell on Thursday.
Since setting their record high in late December, Apple shares have trended lower within a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:descending channel. More recently, the stock attracted buying interest near the pattern’s lower trendline, though the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:relative strength index (RSI) ꦆ;has failed t🔜o reclaim the 50 threshold despite the upswing, indicating weak buying momentum.
It’s also worth pointing out the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:50-day moving average (MA) sits poised to cross below the 200-day MA to form an ominous 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:death cross—a chart pattern that signals the start of a new move lower. Indeed, the shꩲares look set to test the descending channel’s lower trendline in earl🍌y trading on Thursday.
Investors should watch major support levels on Apple's chart around $207 and $197, while also monitoring important resistance levels near $237 and $247.
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Major Stock Indexes Poised to Open Sharply Lower
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 3%, or more than 1,200 point🎶s.
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S&P 500 futures were off 3.6%.
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Nasdaq 100 futures tumbled 4%.
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