The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -1.53%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -1.35%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.98%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25) are down -1.59%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM25) are down -2.02%.
Stock indexes today are sinking on concern about the economic threat from US trade policies. Today’s economic news showed weaker-than-expected household demand and signs of sticky inflation after US Feb personal spending rose less than expected and the Feb core PCE price index, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, rose more than expected.
