Apple loses $250bn in market value from Trump tariff hit

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Apple lost more than $250bn in market value on Thursday, making it one of Wall Street’s biggest casualties of Donald Trump’s tariff blitz despite chief executive Tim Cook’s efforts to court the administration.

Shares in the iPhone maker were down as much as 8.5 per cent as trading opened in New York on Thursday, enough to reduce its market capitalisation from…