After U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs announcement on April 2, 2025, rumors began to spread that right-leaning cable news channel Fox News had removed a live stocks ticker from the bottom of its screen to hide the fact that stocks were tumbling on planned duties on imports.

The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell sharply after Trump slapped tariffs on a host of countries including China, Vietnam, Taiwan, while also blasting the European Union. FOX Business is providing real-time updates on the markets,

S&P 500 companies lost a combined $2.4 trillion in stock market value in Thursday's selloff, their biggest one-day loss since the pandemic sent global markets into a tailspin on March 16, 2020.

Turmoil on financial markets deepened on Friday, as China hit back at tariffs announced by Donald Trump, raising the likelihood of an extended trade war and damage to the global economy. The S&P 500 index,

"It’s ridiculous. It shows no comprehension as to what he is doing to other countries. And it is going to hurt the U.S." Stock markets globally have been choppy in

US stocks tumbled on Thursday while the dollar slumped, as investors bet that Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs would result in pain for the US economy. The S&P 500 fell 4.3 per cent in morning trading.

The U.S. dollar sank against major peers on Thursday, dropping to six-month lows against the euro, and the safe haven yen and Swiss franc, as investors grappled with how U.S. President Donald Trump's far-reaching tariffs will impact global trade and economic growth.

Stocks dropped sharply for a second day after China set retaliatory tariffs countering President Trump's own steep import duties.

New Civil Liberties Alliance sued the Trump administration in Florida federal court Thursday over the president's executive orders imposing tariffs on Chinese imports.

The president had initially given China’s ByteDance until Saturday to sell or divest its U.S. TikTok business. The company now has 75 additional days.