Index Djia: Points and Trade War

index djia: How are the benchmarks performing The Dow Jones Industrial index DJIA, 1.20% ended up 99.97 points, or 0.39%, at 25,579.39, while the S&P 500 index SPX, 1.44% added just 7.00 points, or 0.25% to 2,847.60, according to Market Watch. But the Nasdaq Composite COMP, 1.67% lost 7.32 points, or 0.09%, to 7,766.62. Investors and central banks remain concerned though that President Trump's trade war with China is undermining global economic growth after China on Thursday threatened unspecified retaliation against Trump's recent threat to impose more tariffs on its imports from September. The Dow on Wednesday fell 800.49 points, or 3.1%, to end at 25,479.42, its biggest one-day percentage decline since Dec. 4. Wednesday's fall was the second-biggest one-day percentage decline for the S&P and Nasdaq of the year, trailing only the Aug. 5 decline. The S&P 500 finished 85.72 points lower, down 2.9%, at 2,840.60, while the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 242.42 points to end at 7,773.94. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.