May 2nd, 2025
Shares of many companies went down on Wednesday because the U.S. stopped some sales of computer parts for AI.
The S&P 500 went down 1.2 percent. The Dow Jones went down 0.6 percent.
Shares of companies that make computer chips went down. This happened after the U.S. made new rules. The rules are about selling chips for computers used in AI.
People talked about a trade war again. The government started to look at minerals from other countries. These minerals are important for phones and cars.
In England, the FTSE 100 went down a little. This was after the government said prices went down in the UK in March. Prices went down because gas was cheaper.
Stock prices in Germany went down a little. Stock prices in France also went down a little.
Shares in China went down. China's economy grew, but it was slower than before.
Hong Kong shares fell 2%. Shanghai shares went up a little, 0.1%.
Experts think the economy will not be good because the US and China put more taxes on things they buy from each other.
Experts say things are getting weaker now.
We think the price changes are because things are not clear, not because of the prices. President Trump's words changed how businesses feel and what they do, said Raymond Yeung and others.
In Tokyo, the stock market went down a little.
Stock markets went down.
Prices in India did not change much, and prices in Bangkok went down a little.
On Tuesday, U.S. stocks went down a little.
People did not know about Trump's taxes, so they waited to see what happens.
Money markets in the US look calmer now.
The price for a US government paper was 4.33%.
The U.S. dollar stopped falling.
Palantir's shares went up. NATO will use their AI.
Oil prices went down.
Trump's taxes make people think the economy will be slower, so they need less oil.
The U.S. dollar was 143.24 yen. Now it is 142.26 yen. The euro was 1.1283 dollars. Now it is 1.1377 dollars.
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