Wall Street stocks sank on Tuesday, briefly pulling the S&P 500 into a so-called correction, as President Donald Trump’s latest trade broadside against Canada fanned investor fears over the economic fallout from his protectionist agenda.
The S&P 500 was down as much as 1.5 per cent, taking the benchmark’s losses since it hit an all-time high less than three weeks ago to more than 10 per cent. It rebounded but still closed 0.8 per cent lower. All 11 sectors represented in the S&P 500 ended the day in negative territory.
The recent Wall Street sell-off had briefly paused on Tuesday morning, but was reignited after Trump took to social media to announce an additional 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminium imports from Canada, one of the US’s biggest trading partners.