NEW YORK — Key foreign stock markets continued their slide after opening on Friday morning, as the shockwaves of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs continued to reverberate around the globe.
Japan’s Nikkei index lost 3.5% on Friday, while the broader Japanese Topix index fell 4.45%.
In South Korea,
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The future for the S&P 500 lost 0.4% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.5%.
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Markets in Shanghai, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia were closed for holidays, limiting the scope of Friday’s sell-offs in Asia.
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The Social Security Administration is finalizing a stricter identity-proofing policy that will require millions of beneficiaries to set up an account online or show up in person at an agency field office or nearby post office.
SSA will eliminate an option for individuals to verify their identity over the phone to receive retirement benefits or request direct deposit changes.
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The selling isn’t over yet.
Stock futures pointed lower again Friday after Wall Street suffered the worst selloff since March 2020 in the previous session as the market continued to digest President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.
S&P 500 futures were down 0.4%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped 0.4% and futures on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 fell 0.2%.
Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in Invesco ESG S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (NYSEARCA:RSPE – Free Report) by 9.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,848 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,225 shares during the quarter.
