
After staging their strongest two-day rally in nearly a year earlier this week, U.S. regional banks reversed course dramatically on Thursday, with the group facing its steepest sell-off since the Trump tariff shock of April 2025.
The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE) plunged 6.1% in afternoon trading, logging its worst single-day performance since April 4, when Donald Trump's sweeping Liberation Day tariffs triggered a broad market sell-off.