
preCharge News BUSINESS — Stocks sold off Friday, pressured by growing uncertainty on U.S. trade policy as well as a more grim outlook on inflation.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 736 points, or 1.7%. The S&P 500 shed 2.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite plunged 2.9%.
Shares of several technology giants dropped, putting pressure on the broader market. Google-parent Alphabet and Amazon lost about 5% each, while Microsoft and Meta each shed more than 3.5%.
Those losses put the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on pace for their fifth weekly decline in six weeks. The S&P 500 was down more than 1% for the week, while the Nasdaq had lost over 2%. The Dow was headed for a 0.8% decline.