US stocks were shaky on Friday as Wall Street’s monstrous week heads toward its close, while the rising price of gold, falling value of the US dollar and moves in other financial markets indicate more fear as President Donald Trump's trade war with China escalates.
The S&P 500 index was down 0.4% in early trading, a continuation of the sharp slide that erased a big chunk of its historic gains from the middle of the week, after Trump paused tariffs on many countries outside of China.
