GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall, gold rallies as Trump's tariff spreads uncertainty
BY Reuters | TREASURY | 02/23/26 11:16 AM EST(Updates headline and prices throughout, adds analyst comment)
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Wall St stocks fall and gold rises on U.S. tariff uncertainty
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Trump announces 15% tariff after Supreme Court ruling
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Investors try to work out winners and losers from new regime
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US Treasury yields fall
By Chibuike Oguh and Harry Robertson
NEW YORK/LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Global stocks were
lower on ?Monday dragged down by losses on Wall Street and in
European ?equities as fresh uncertainty over U.S. trade policy
erupted following President Donald Trump's new global tariff in
the wake of a Supreme Court ruling.
The U.S. Supreme ?Court struck down Trump's emergency tariffs on
Friday, leading the president to quickly announce a new 10% ?rate
on all U.S. imports, only to then lift it to 15% on Saturday.
The ?new tariffs are based ?on Section 122 of the Trade Act of
1974.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.44%, the S&P 500
fell 1% and the Nasdaq Composite ?fell 1.2%.
"We are giving up roughly half of Friday's gain ?due mostly to
the shift to 15% on Section 122 versus 10% announced Friday,
reminding us that uncertainty remains high," said Mark Hackett,
chief market strategist at Nationwide in Philadelphia.
U.S. stock ?markets are also set to be tested later ?this week by
earnings ?from Nvidia
TARIFF DILEMMA It was unclear when the new tariffs would be imposed, what might be excluded and whether every country would face ?a 15% ?rate. Some, including the UK and Australia, had 10% tariff rates under the former ?rules, while many countries in Asia had higher rates.
The Yale Budget Lab said the overall average effective tariff rate ?would stand at 13.7% after Trump's announcement on Saturday, down from 16% - the highest since 1936 - before the Supreme Court's ruling.
It added that it expected the 15% tariffs would expire after 150 days, following the Trade Act of 1974, under which they will be set. If so, the average rate would fall to 9.1%.
The U.S. dollar was weaker against the euro, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. The dollar fell 0.41% to 154.41 against the Japanese yen. Against the Swiss franc, the dollar weakened 0.27% to ?0.774. The euro was up 0.16% at $1.1799. The dollar index rose 0.23% to 97.60. Brent crude oil prices rose 0.88% to $72.35 a barrel, adding to the gains made last week when Trump said the U.S. could strike Iran amid a ?large-scale buildup of forces in the region. Further U.S.-Iran ?talks are scheduled for Thursday.
(Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York and ?Harry Robertson in London; Editing by Ros Russell)
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