Stocks Fall as Trade War Clouds Economic Outlook: Markets Wrap

Stocks Fall as Trade War Clouds Economic Outlook: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg)-The shares decreased after the United States prompted the front with definitions of auto companies, which enhances concern about the expansion of the trade war and compensation for data that showed faster growth in the world's largest economy.

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A few days before the end of the quarter, the worst for the S&P 500 has been scheduled since 2023, the scale has been slides again. Toyota Motor Corp is displayed to Mercedes-Benz Group AG and General Motors Co. Applovin Corp sank in a short report of Muddy Waters. MEGACAPS has been mixed with Apple Inc. UP and Nvidia Corp. Download. Late hours, she gave LululeMon Athletica Inc. A dark look. The bond market fears about inflation, as short -term treasury bonds outperformed.

President Donald Trump signed a 25 % tariff for car imports and pledged a more severe punishment for the European Union and Canada if it joins the United States against the United States. This step overwhelmed data that shows that the economy expands at a faster pace in the fourth quarter of what was previously estimated. A lower enlargement scale has been revised.

For Bret Kenwell in Etoro, the data will not serve as a great boost to investors because their concentration is firmly cultivated in the current economic scene instead a few months ago.

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He said: “Investors will want to see the results of inflation in the line or better and the number of strong employment to get some reassurance.”

Inflation is still a disturbing level of the federal reserve. It is expected that the Personal Consumption Price Index on Friday will show signs of adhesion.

S & P 500 0.3 %. Nasdak 100 decreased 0.6 %. Dow Jones Industrial Jones slip 0.4 %.

The return on the treasury bonds increased for 10 years to 4.36 %. The dollar is returned.

On Friday, inflation data will provide a snapshot of price pressures and economic activity leading to Trump's planned announcement on April 2 regarding the mutual definitions – called “Liberation Day in America”.

Public uncertainty about the impact of duties helps to clarify the reason for federal reserve officials to interest rates without changing last week.

“The threat of customs tariffs is still a major concern, but our economic expectations do not call for recession in the United States,” said Mark Hevi at UBS Global Wealth Management.

US examination: high inflation to justify the Federal Reserve rate

For markets, the question is whether anything will be able to rise above the noise of customs tariffs, according to Chris Lacine in the e**from Morgan Stanley.

“In the short term, the most likely scenario is the most fluctuating circulation,” he said.

To Craig Johnson in Piper Sandler, although the increased uncertainty surrounding definitions and inflation, there are technical signals indicating the presence of the lowest level in the medium term.

He said: “While the way to recover is more feasible, it is not a straight line up, the stocks seem to have found some of the lowest levels of March to build on the coming weeks.”

Pessimism among individual investors has decreased on short -term expectations of stock in the latest survey of feelings from the American Association of Individual Investors. Meanwhile, optimism and neutral feeling increased.

“The shares get a comfort from last week until early this week, we expected that some high levels of dodge morale in the weekly survey of AIII will decrease,” said Bespoke's investment group strategies.

Bespoke noticed that although descending feelings are low, this week's reading is still above 50 % – and higher than 96.8 % of all the previous weekly readings since 1987.

American stocks will soon restore the long edge of their European peers, where the most brighter expectations of the old continent shares are limited to sectors such as defense and banks, according to the Blackpien Investment Institute.

“This is a very narrow European story,” Puvin said in an interview. “There is no strong conviction after Europe plays on a sixth to 12 months. We need to see more financial momentum behind defense and implementation will be essential.”

Some of the main moves in the markets:

Shares

  • S&P 500 decreased by 0.3 % from 4 pm New York time

  • NASDAQ 100 % decreased by 0.6 %

  • Dow Jones Industrial average decreased by 0.4 %

  • The MSCI World Index decreased by 0.4 %

Currency

  • The Bloomberg index in the dollar has not changed a little bit

  • The euro rose 0.4 % to $ 1.0795

  • The British pound rose 0.5 % to $ 1.2950

  • The Japanese yen decreased by 0.3 % to 151.04 per dollar

Cross currencies

  • Bitcoin fell 0.3 % to 87,052.04 dollars

  • The ether decreased by 0.3 % to 2,004.22 dollars

Bonds

  • The return on the treasury bonds is offered for 10 years, one basis point to 4.36 %

  • Germany's return for 10 years decreased two basic points to 2.77 %

  • The British return is offered for 10 years with six basis points to 4.78 %

Commodity

  • West Texas Intermediate crude increased by 0.2 % to $ 69.79 a barrel

  • Gold rose 1.3 % to 3,057.49 ounces

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