The Dow Jones lost 1,679 points (-3.98%) to close at 40,545.93, while the Nasdaq tumbled 5.97% to 16,550.61. Over 400 S&P 500 stocks ended in the red, pushing the index 12% below its February peak.

The stock market experienced significant pullback over the last 48 hours as $6.4 trillion was erased according to Dow Jones market data.

Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war.

The S&P 500 tumbled 5.7 percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 2,054 points as Wall Street’s worst crisis since the COVID crash deepens.

Thursday's sell-off hit megacap technology stocks especially hard, with CNBC's Magnificent Seven index sliding more than 6%. Collectively, the stocks in the Magnificent Seven, which led the market higher in both 2023 and 2024, lost more than $1 trillion in market value.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide.

Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher, scarier gear Friday. The S&P 500 lost 6% after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs announced earlier this week. The move increased the stakes in a trade war that could end with a recession that hurts everyone.

Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear, with not even better-than- expected jobs report enough to stop worries of recession.

The drop closed the worst week for the S&P 500 since March 2020, when the pandemic ripped through the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 2,231 points, or 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 5.8% to pull more than 20% below its record set in December.