US stocks end slightly lower after day of turbulence on Wall Street

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US stocks closed slightly lower after a day of wild swings on Wall Street as traders remained fixated on Donald Trump’s tariffs on the country’s trading partners.

The blue-chip S&P 500 lost 0.2 per cent, extending a historic sell-off at the end of last week that was sparked by the president’s so-called liberation day tariffs on US imports and concerns the levies will…