American actions closed significantly on Friday after a continuous sale of the sale of the “release day” of President Donald Trump.
The industrial average Dow Jones collapsed 2,230 points, or 5.5%, while the S& P 500 Sunk 6%.
Technological heavy nasdaq decreased 5.8%. The decrease put Nasdaq in the territory of the Bear market, which means that the index has fallen more than 20% of its recent peak.
The corporate giants that depend on the supply chains abroad were among the companies that continued to see that the actions fall. Apple fell 6% and the Electronic Commerce firm Amazon Slid 2.5%.
The actions fell for each of the so -called “Magnificent Seven”, a group of large technology companies that helped boost stock market profits in recent years.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, fell 4%. The Nvidia chips manufacturer slid 7%.
Tesla, the electric car manufacturer led by Advisor Trump Elon Musk, decreased by 10%.
A merchant works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, April 4, 2025.
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On Friday, China said it will impose tariffs of 34% to US assets in response to taxes issued by Trump earlier this week.
In a publication on social networks hours later, Trump pointed out a commitment to tariff policy.
“For the many investors entering the United States and invest massive amounts of money, my policies will never change,” Trump said in Truth Social.
Later, Trump criticized China in a different publication from social networks, saying: “China played badly, they panicked, the only thing that cannot afford to do!”
The three main markets of American values closed on Thursday, marking their worst day since June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nasdaq fell 6%, the S& P 500 4.8% and Dow Jones almost 4%
The global markets gave early signals of the difficulty to come on Friday. Japan’s Nikkei index lost 3.5% on Friday, while the broader Japanese topix index fell 4.45%.
A man reviews his phone next to an electronic plaque that shows actions in the HENG SENG index in Hong Kong on April 3, 2025.
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In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 1.7%, with the country dealing with Trump’s tariffs and the news that the Constitutional Court of South Korea confided the accusation of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Indian investors joined the mass for sale on Friday, with the Nifty 50 and Bse Sensex rates that fell more than 1%. India’s stock markets had had a better performance better than others thanks to the lowest tariffs than competitors such as China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Australia& P/ASX, meanwhile, continued its slide until Friday with another drop of 2% taking the index to a minimum of 8 months.
In Europe, also, the stock markets fell when opening. The FTSE 100 Britain Index fell more than 1%, Germany’s Dax fell 0.75%, the France of France lost 0.9%and IBEX of Spain fell 1.4%.
Trump’s announcement of Trump of Rates on almost all US commercial partners sent US and foreigners markets equal to a tail.
Leah Sarnoff of ABC News, Max Zahn, Victor Ordoñez and Zunaira Zaki contributed to this report.
