Berliner Boersenzeitung - Stocks meander as fears ease over next Trump tariffs

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Stocks meander as fears ease over next Trump tariffs
Stocks meander as fears ease over next Trump tariffs / Photo: JUAN BARRETO - AFP/File

Stocks meander as fears ease over next Trump tariffs

Global equities meandered Tuesday as Wall Street struggled to hold early gains while European stocks made modest gains as concerns eased over the next round of tariffs from US President Donald Trump.

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The Dow was barely off, while the broad-based S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq sported meagre gains some two hours into trading following a rally fuelled by technology stocks the previous day.

Europe enjoyed greater momentum with Paris, Frankfurt and Milan adding just north of one percent at the close while London sputtered to end with a 0.3 percent advance.

"Sentiment continues to wane among investors, consumers and businesses as economic concerns and economic policy uncertainty takes its toll. Until there's more certainty on the tariff and macro front, sentiment and confidence remain vulnerable," said eToro US investment analyst Bret Kenwell.

Sentiment was initially buoyed by indications from the White House that a glut of levies due next week would be less severe than feared.

Trump has dubbed April 2 "Liberation Day" as he pledges to impose reciprocal tariffs on trading partners in an effort to remedy practices that Washington deems unfair.

"Tariff fears subsided a touch after President Trump suggested that the reciprocal tariffs promised next week may be smaller in scope than many had feared," said David Morrison, senior market analyst at Trade Nation.

"But without specific guidance over what will, and what won't, be included, investors remain on edge," Morrison added.

Positivity on European markets came on the back of data revealing that German business confidence rose in March, as a massive government spending plan promised to get Europe's largest economy rolling once again.

Asian markets closed mixed as traders focused on more domestic matters, while the dollar dropped awaiting US inflation data this week that could firm expectations of fresh cuts to interest rates later this year in the world's biggest economy.

Hong Kong sank 2.4 percent, weighed by a drop of around six percent in Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, which raised $5.5 billion in a mega share sale as it looked to expand its electric vehicle business.

The deal, which comes after a similar move this month by EV firm BYD, stoked worries about market liquidity.

Tony Sycamore, market analyst at IG trading group, said markets expect that the next phase of tariffs "will be more organised and structured than previous actions".

"Whatever numbers are announced... are likely to be negotiated down from there," Sycamore said.

Trump did provide a jolt by warning countries that bought crude and gas from Venezuela would face steep tariffs, a move that could hit China and India among others.

Beijing on Tuesday accused Washington of "interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs", initially giving oil prices a fillip before a small dip.

Among individual stocks, shares in British energy giant Shell added just over one percent after announcing plans to slash costs by billions of dollars and increase shareholder returns.

Tesla shares dipped more than two percent but pulled back into the green as industry data showed its sales in Europe sank almost by half in the first two months of the year amid anger over Elon Musk's political positions.

- Key figures around 1645 GMT -

New York - Dow: DOWN 0.1 percent at 42,562.65 points

New York - S&P 500: UP 0.1 percent at 5,770.58

New York - Nasdaq: UP 0.2 percent at 18,228.04

London - FTSE 100: UP 0.3 percent at 8,663.80 (close)

Paris - CAC 40: UP 1.0 percent at 8,100.26 (close)

Frankfurt - DAX: UP 1.1 at 23,099.24 (close)

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.5 percent at 37,780.54 (close)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 2.4 percent at 23,344.25 (close)

Shanghai - Composite: FLAT at 3,369.98 (close)

Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0813 from $1.0805 on Monday

Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2956 from $1.2924

Dollar/yen: DOWN at 149.73 yen from 150.58 yen

Euro/pound: DOWN at 83.46 pence from 83.58 pence

Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.4 percent at $72.69 per barrel

West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.6 percent at $68.73 per barrel

(K.Müller--BBZ)