🚨 Markets Stumble Again as Tariff Fog Thickens

Dow drops 150+ pts, Boeing grounded, and tech can’t hold the line

📉 Daily Recap – Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Wall Street tried to catch its breath after Monday’s relief rally — but the Trump tariff circus had other plans.

Stocks opened green, flirted with a rebound, and then rolled over midday as investors digested conflicting trade headlines, fresh China retaliation, and new sector targets (👀 pharma + semis).

Add a surprise hit to Boeing and mixed earnings across the board? Yeah... no chance we were holding those early gains.

🧨 What Moved the Market

🌀 Tariff Whiplash: Round 3

• Trump’s weekend tech exemptions boosted Apple & Nvidia on Monday

• But by Tuesday? It’s back to chaos. New levies teased for:

  • 💊 Pharmaceutical imports

  • 💾 Semiconductors

• The auto sector may still get a break, but clarity is nonexistent.

• And China’s not waiting — ordered airlines to halt Boeing ($BA) jet deliveries, tanking the stock 2%+

📉 “It’s not just the tariffs — it’s the uncertainty around them that’s killing sentiment.” – Every trader right now