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Updated Tue, January 20, 2026 astatine 8:38 AM CST 2 min read
US stocks posted hefty losses aboriginal Tuesday aft President Trump reignited trade-war tensions with Europe implicit Greenland, portion a Japan-led planetary enslaved sell-off reverberated done markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) tumbled astir 1.5%, oregon implicit 700 points. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) sank 1.4%, portion the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) retreated 1.6% arsenic investors fled risker bets, connected the heels of a losing week for Wall Street stocks.
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Investors are facing a rocky instrumentality to trading arsenic the hazard of full-on US-EU commercialized warfare rattles nerves conscionable arsenic net play gets going.
Over the weekend, Trump said 8 NATO countries would look other import duties of 10% unless the US got a woody connected a acquisition of the Danish territory. On Monday, helium doubled down connected his pursuit of Greenland adjacent arsenic the EU discussed $108 cardinal successful retaliatory tariffs. It could besides deploy an “anti-coercion instrument” with a imaginable fallout of immoderate $8 trillion for US assets.
Trump past threatened connected Monday to enactment a 200% import tariff connected France's wines aft its person Emmanuel Macron turned down the US president's invitation to articulation his "Board of Peace."
The EU's effect to these threats volition beryllium "unflinching, united, and proportional," European Commission person Ursula von der Leyen warned connected Tuesday, keeping tensions high.
Treasury yields jumped to their highest levels successful 4 months arsenic a sell-off successful Japanese bonds added unit connected US debt. In different assets, the dollar (DX-Y.NYB) fell to a two-week debased arsenic the "Sell America" commercialized returned, and haven seekers drove golden (GC=F) and metallic (SI=F) to yet much grounds highs.
Focus is present turning to the World Economic Forum successful Davos, wherever Trump is reportedly acceptable to clasp a gathering with different countries implicit the Greenland crisis. He is scheduled to springiness his cardinal code connected Wednesday.
Looking ahead, the Supreme Court whitethorn regularisation arsenic soon arsenic this week connected whether Trump’s usage of exigency powers to enforce sweeping tariffs is constitutional.
Investors are besides bracing for a engaged net slate, with results from Netflix (NFLX) owed aft marketplace adjacent connected Tuesday. The streaming giant's banal edged up, bucking the premarket inclination aft it amended its bid for Warner Bros, Discovery's (WBD) workplace to an all-cash connection connected Tuesday.
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Stocks descend astatine the unfastened arsenic trade-war jitters rattle markets
Tech led a tumble successful US stocks astatine the marketplace unfastened arsenic President Trump's further ignition of trade-war tensions with Europe overnight sent investors fleeing riskier bets.
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) retreated 1.8%, portion the S&P 500 (^GSPC) sank 1.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell astir 1.2% — a driblet of much than 600 points — arsenic markets reopened for a holiday-shortened trading week aft MLK Day.
DJI - Free Realtime Quote USD
48,741.09 -618.24 (-1.25%)
As of 9:50:03 AM EST. Market Open.
^DJI ^IXIC ^GSPC
3M banal sinks aft Q4 earnings
3M Company (MMM) banal sank astir 4% connected Tuesday greeting arsenic the Minnesota-based institution bushed net expectations but faced a broader marketplace sell-off connected the imaginable of caller tariffs implicit Greenland.
On an adjusted basis, stripping retired important one-time costs, the Post-it Note shaper reported net per stock of $1.83, compared to analysts' forecasts of $1.80, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The institution expected impermanent charges from tariffs and stranded costs from removing PFAS materials from its products. In Q4, 3M realized $0.56 per stock successful nett costs from litigation.
Sales grew 2.1% successful Q4 to $6.1 billion, topping expectations for $6 cardinal successful sales.
For 2026, the institution expects adjusted income maturation of astir 4% for full-year adjusted EPS of $8.06. Full-year operating currency travel is expected to beryllium $2.3 billion.
"2025 was an important twelvemonth for 3M arsenic we physique a beardown instauration that is reshaping our operating exemplary and driving sustainable worth creation," 3M CEO William Brown said.
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Big Tech sinks arsenic investors fly riskier assets
Big Tech and AI stocks dropped successful premarket commercialized Tuesday arsenic investors rotated retired of riskier bets amid President Trump's escalation of commercialized warfare tensions with Europe.
Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), and Oracle (ORCL) fell astir 2%.
Alphabet (GOOGL), Broadcom (AVGO), Tesla (TSLA), and Amazon (AMZN) sank astir 3%.
Nvidia-backed AI unreality and information halfway names Nebius (NBIS) and CoreWeave (CRWV) plunged implicit 5%.
Apple (AAPL) shares dropped much modestly — conscionable implicit 1%.
Wall Street's calm is shattered by Greenland and Japan shocks
Investors are unprepared for a correction successful stocks, BofA survey shows
This week’s abrupt banal marketplace pullback mightiness beryllium catching a batch of investors disconnected guard, per Bloomberg.
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Premarket trending tickers: Hawaiian Electric, D.R. Horton, and Strategy
Hawaiian Electric (HE) stock fell 5% earlier the doorbell connected Tuesday aft receiving a Sell standing and a $12.50 terms people from Jefferies analysts.
D.R. Horton (DHI) banal fell 3% during premarket hours aft reporting little archetypal 4th nett arsenic affordability concerns continued to enactment disconnected location buyers, hurting the company's sales.
Strategy (MSTR) stock dropped 4% earlier the doorbell today. Strategy, which is 1 of the largest firm holders of bitcoin, saw its shares autumn connected Tuesday, arsenic bitcoin (BTC-USD) edged lower.
Treasurys articulation planetary enslaved descent aft Japan triggers sell-off
Treasury prices fell, pushing yields to the highest successful much than 4 months arsenic a fierce sell-off successful Japanese bonds spilled implicit into planetary indebtedness markets.
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RAPT banal skyrockets connected $2.2 cardinal GSK acquisition
British pharma elephantine GSK (GSK, GSK.L) has agreed to bargain RAP Therapeutics (RAPT) successful a $2.2 cardinal woody that volition bolster its nutrient allergy treatments.
Shares of the US-based biotech rocketed implicit 60% higher earlier the doorbell connected quality of the acquisition. GSK's US-listed banal traded small changed.
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Treasurys articulation planetary enslaved descent arsenic tariff angst grips markets
Treasurys fell aboriginal connected Tuesday arsenic President Trump’s tariff threats implicit Greenland dimmed the allure of US assets and ignited concerns the duties connected European imports would adhd to inflationary pressures.
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Gold holds conscionable beneath grounds terms arsenic Greenland insecurity buoys haven demand
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Oil prices clasp arsenic EU-US commercialized concerns physique successful effect to Greenland push
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