April 16, 2025
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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall as Nvidia stock weighs on tech

US stock futures fell on Wednesday after Nvidia (NVDA) revealed costly new curbs on chip exports to China, and investors grappled with uncertainty over President Trump’s trade policy. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped 0.01%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) fell 0.5%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures plunge as Nvidia reveals costly limits on China exports

US stock futures fell after Nvidia (NVDA) revealed costly new curbs on chip exports to China, and investors grappled with uncertainty over President Trump’s trade policy. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slumped 0.8%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) sank 1.4%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F)

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq drift lower as tariff chaos pauses for a day

Investors’ consensus view of the macroeconomy has flipped on its head in the past month. In the latest Bank of America Fund Managers Survey released on Tuesday, 49% of respondents said they expect a “hard landing” for the global economy — where economic growth deteriorates before inflation fully retreats — in the next 12 months.

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall as Nvidia reveals costly limits on China exports

Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) Stock in the beleaguered megacap AI chip maker Nvidia has taken another hit in after-hours trading following the news that the US government has restricted the exports of H20 chips to China. The market is a huge buyer of Nvidia products with the reduction leading to a $5.5 billion hit to the

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rise amid latest Trump tariff moves

As markets attempt to return to normalcy, recent trading action has been mixed. According to data compiled by Yahoo Finance, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) is up two straight days with 85% of components in the green. Still, the benchmark index has formed a “death cross” technical pattern — a bearish analysis in which the 50-day

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as Trump floats auto tariff reprieve

US stock futures climbed on Tuesday, as optimism over a possible auto tariff reprieve lifted sentiment ahead of the next round of corporate earnings. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) edged up 0.2% and the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) rose 0.3%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) were up 0.4%.

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall as tariff fears keep traders on edge

US stock futures fell as President Trump’s rapid trade policy shifts kept investors on edge ahead of the next batch of corporate earnings. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) slumped 0.4%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) fell 0.5%. CBOT – Delayed Quote •

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide as Trump tariffs keep roiling Wall Street

US stock futures extended some of Thursday’s losses, as Wall Street gets ready to wrap up another week of tariff-fueled turmoil. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) were down 1.2%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) were off 1.5%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) slipped 1.1%. The major stock indexes are reeling

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide as China strikes back against Trump’s tariffs

It’s been one of the most chaotic stretches for US markets in recent memory. And the massive surge in long-term Treasury yields has served as yet another example of the bizarre trading action in the aftermath of President Trump’s tariff-fueled “Liberation Day.” The 10-year yield (^TNX) jumped another 10 basis points early Wednesday to trade

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Dow plunges 2,200 points, Nasdaq enters bear market as Trump tariffs spark worst meltdown since 2020

It turns out there’s a reason Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell always wears a purple tie at his press conferences. “At the beginning, the only significance was that I liked purple ties,” Powell quipped during a moderated Q&A interview on Friday. “But I will say, for the next press conference, I reached for a blue

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