April 04, 2018 - 6:46 AM
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
9:35 a.m.
Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street as an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China poses a threat to global economic growth and corporate profits.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 500 points at the open, with energy, industrial and materials sectors leading the decline.
Deere & Co. fell 4.3 per cent and Caterpillar dropped almost 3 per cent. Boeing was down 3.3 per cent.
The sell-off was triggered after China announced a list of U.S. products that might be subject to a 25 per cent tariff in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods.
European and Asian markets also fell sharply.
Gold, considered a safe-haven investment, rose nearly 1 per cent.
News from © The Associated Press, 2018