Stocks nosedived for the second straight day on Friday as fears grow that an escalating global trade war will cut into corporate profits and stall economic growth.

Wall Street is facing one of its worst stretches in history, with $9.6 trillion in market value erased since President Donald Trump began his second term in January. According to Dow Jones Market Data,

The U.S. stock market was plummeting midday Friday, with the S&P 500 on pace for its worst week since March 2020, when equities were plunging during the COVID-19 crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was tumbling about 1,

The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced a significant drop of 1,679 points today. This decline is noted as the fifth largest drop in points in the Dow's history.

The Dow Jones got dragged into the depths on Friday, plummeting nearly 2,000 points. It’s the single worst day for equities since the pandemic selloff as the US kicks off a global trade war. China has announced its own retaliatory tariffs on the US, causing markets to brush off NFP.

The first three months of this year have been marked by big shifts in markets, as the "American exceptionalism" trade faltered. Here's a look at where things stand: U.S. stocks have stumbled. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite endured their biggest falls since 2022,

US stocks end sharply lower. Dow loses 1700 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq have worst day since 2020 on worries Trump has sparked a hard-to-end trade war.