May 2nd, 2025
Shares around the world were mostly down on Wednesday.
The S&P 500 went down a little, and the Dow Jones went down a little too.
Nvidia shares went down a lot. AMD shares went down too. The U.S. said Nvidia cannot sell some computer chips easily.
The government said it would look at minerals like rare earths. These minerals are in phones and cars. This made people worry about trade.
In Britain, the stock market went down a little. Prices did not go up so fast in March. This was because gas prices were lower.
The stock market in Germany went down a little. The stock market in Paris went down a little too.
China's economy grew fast last quarter. But it grew a little slower than before.
Shares in Hong Kong went down 2%. Shares in Shanghai went up a little.
Experts think the economy will be worse because the USA and China put more tax on things they buy from each other.
Experts say business is slower now.
We think the problem is not the tax. The problem is we don't know what will happen.
In Tokyo, the stock market went down a little.
Stock markets went down a little.
The stock market in India stayed almost the same. The stock market in Bangkok went down a little.
On Tuesday, U.S. stocks went down a little. The S&P 500 went down 0.2% and the Dow went down 0.4%. The Nasdaq went down a very small amount.
People who invest money waited. They were not sure what President Trump would do about taxes on goods.
Money market in the U.S. is calmer now after big changes last week.
The price stayed the same at 4.33%.
The price of the U.S. dollar stopped falling. People are worried that Trump's trade fight is making the dollar not a safe place to keep money.
Palantir's stock went up. NATO will use their computer programs to help them.
On Wednesday, US oil was $60.64. It went down 69 cents. World oil was $64.01. It went down 65 cents.
Trump's taxes make people think the economy will be slower, so they need less oil and other things.
The dollar went down. The euro went up.
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