Wall Street stocks dip amid Trump's tough talk on trade
Wall Street
Trump signed an executive order officially withdrawing from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday
Wall Street stocks finished slightly lower Monday as the new US President DonaldTrumpsignaled he would take a tough line oninternational trade.
Trump's first order of business Monday was to sign an executive order officially withdrawing from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership.Trumpalso has also announced plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and his chief spokesman said the new president would not hesitate to confront China over the South China Sea.
US stocks rallied hard afterTrump's surprise election win in the hopes he would lower taxes and reduce regulation, a promise he renewed on Monday. But markets have been worried the tough talk could lead to a trade war.
The Dow Jones Industrial Averagelost 0.1 percent to close at 19,799.85.
The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 0.3 percent to 2,265.20, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Indexslipped less than 0.1 percent to 5,552.94.
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Aetna dropped 2.7 percent and Humana gained 2.2 percent after a US judge blocked Aetna's proposed $37 billion takeover of its rival on antitrust grounds. Aetna would be forced to pay Humana $1 billion if the deal dies.
McDonald's shed 0.7 percent after reporting a slight dip in fourth-quarter earnings following 1.3 percent drop in US comparable sales. Sales in China, Japan and some other overseas markets offset the decline.
Energy shares were generally in retreat with lower oil prices, along with most pharmaceuticalstocks. But some technology stocks pushed higher, including Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and Tesla Motors.
(AFP)