Stocks looked set to fall again on Friday as investors continued to fret about how President Donald Trump’s grand tariff plans will affect the economy.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 46 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures fell 0.2%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were down 0.3%. The three blue-chip indexes had traded sideways most of the previous session, before finishing in the red.
It’s been a quiet end to March for markets, with investors on edge about Trump’s ever-changing trade policies. There still isn’t much clarity about the severity of the tariffs to be imposed by the U.S. with just days to go until the April 2 deadline when the White House’s reciprocal levies are set to take effect.