Major stock market indexes in the United States continued to score losses on Easter Monday as President Donald Trump's recent trade measures continued to make investors uneasy. Meanwhile, his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed that the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the matter.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by 2.81% or 1,100 points at 11:49 am ET. Simultaneously, the Nasdaq 100 plummeted by 3.14% or 572 points. The S&P 500 lost 2.95% or 155 points.
The euro jumped by 1.15% against the dollar at 11:50 am ET to sell for $1.15036.
