A monthslong calm on Wall Street is breaking, and U.S. stocks are falling after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs even higher on China
A trader looks at financial information on his computer on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NEW YORK (AP) — A monthslong calm on Wall Street is breaking on Friday, and U.S. stocks are falling after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China.
The S&P 500 sank 1.5% and was on track for its worst loss since Aug. 1. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 526 points, or 1.1%, after earlier tumbling as many as 597 points. The Nasdaq composite was down 2%, as of 12:15 p.m. Eastern time.
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