lucky royal US stocks fall after White House confirms tariffs from Feb. 1

A view of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street November 13, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

WASHINGTON, United States — US stocks erased early gains to close lower Friday, after the White House reaffirmed plans to introduce new tariffs against Mexico, Canada, and China on Saturday.

There were hopes that President Donald Trump’s tariff threats were a negotiating strategy, designed to force the three countries to take a tougher line on opioid smuggling into the United States.

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But in a briefing Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said tariffs against the three US trading partners would be imposed on Saturday, adding: “These are promises made and promises kept by the president.”

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 0.8 percent at 44,544.66, while the S&P 500 finished 0.5 percent lower at 6,040.53.

The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.3 percent to 19,627.44.

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“The tariff talk in the afternoon injected a new wave of uncertainty,” Briefing.com’s Patrick O’Hare told AFP.

In a document posted on its website, the DOE said the projects were endorsed to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) for a system impact study.

In a stock exchange filing on Thursday, October 17, the Ayala-led bank said its net income expanded by 24.3 percent to P48 billion.

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“We think it just kind of proved to be a bit of a trigger for people to take some money off the table going into the weekend,” he said.

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Among individual firms, footwear firm Deckers Outdoor Corporation fell more than 20 percent after its quarterly financial results were published.

And the investment management firm Franklin Resources closed up more than 10 percent after reporting strong quarterly results.

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