Dow sinks 650 points, S&P 500 wipes out post-election gains as Trump trade war intensifies

The American markets have canceled all the gains of the post -election, as stocks deepen their sale through fresh tariffs in Canada, Mexico and China are now valid.

S & P 500 (^GSPC) It erases about $ 3.3 trillion in the maximum market Since the closure of his record of 6144.15 on February 19. At that time, the post -election gains in the standard index were approximately 6 %.

Since the beginning of 2025, the S&P 500 has decreased around 2 % while the NASDAQ (^IXIC) compound is approximately 6 % and is currently flirting with the correction lands, on the right track to close 10 % of the record. Dow Blue Slide (^DJI) is barely green in this year.

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Just a few months ago, the shares were traded in consistent records, as Donald Trump's presidential victory feed the upscale euphoria in Wall Street in the hope of pro -business policies and taxes.

Flash forward to this day, and that the euphoria has evaporated all with Trump's tariff raises growth while inflation is still stubbornly high.

“Many major trends in the financial markets have stopped in the period before and the later of the American elections last November, they have stopped or partially reflected since President Trump took office last month,” said Jonas Gonterman, Vice President of Economists in the past financial markets.

He said, “Since then, the US Treasury's revenues have declined, and a 2-10s curve fought, and American stocks have struggled in absolute terms and throughout those elsewhere, and the dollar fell.” In other words, the novel “Trump Tadawul”, which dominated many markets in the fourth quarter, is floundering.

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