US actions decreased in early trade on Friday, since the new Chinese tariffs on US assets intensified a commercial war between the two largest economies in the world.
The industrial average Dow Jones fell 96 points, or 0.25%, while the S& P 500 fell 0.1%. Technological heavy nasdaq decreased 0.05%.
China issued an US rate. 125% on Friday morning, but Beijing said it would not further increase tariffs. The measure occurred in response to a 145% rate on Chinese products announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week.
The US markets closed on Thursday with notable losses, a reversal of the enthusiasm unleashed by Trump’s decision to delay the so -called “reciprocal tariffs” in most US commercial partners for 90 days.
Several Asian stock markets became red on Friday morning, reverting the profits obtained on Thursday in the middle of the continuous uncertainty about whether the nations could obtain agreements with Trump to avoid long -term tariffs, and as China announced new reprisal rates on US goods.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 3.8% and the widest Topix index of Japan fell 3.5%. In South Korea, Kospi fell almost 1% and Australia S& P/ASX 200 was submerged 0.95%.
In China, markets fluctuated when investors responded to the White House that clarified that the level of tariffs on Chinese products is now 145%, not 125% as previously believed.
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index increased by 2%, the Shanghai compound index increased 0.6%and the Shenzen component index increased 1.2%, with investors driven by Beijing’s announcement of stimulus measures to reinforce the economy against US tariffs that increase.
A currency merchant reacts near a screen that shows the price index of composite shares of Korea (Kospi) in the foreign exchange room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on April 11, 2025.
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Other prominent indexes of Asia in Green on Friday included the Taiwan Taiex index, 2.7% and the Nifty 50 of India 1.9%.
European markets seemed hesitating when they opened and slipped after China announced that it would increase tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125% from Saturday.
The Stoxx 600 Paneuropeo fell 0.3%, Germany’s Dax fell 0.2%, France Cac 40 fell 0.16%and Great Britain FTSE slide 0.03%slid.
Merchants work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 10, 2025, in New York City.
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On Thursday, Trump again hinted at the resumption of his tariffs.
“If we cannot make the treatment we want to make or we have to do or it is, you know, for both parties, it has to be good for both parties, then we return to where we were,” Trump said.
When asked if he would extend the 90 -day pause, the president replied: “We will have to do what happens at that time.”
