Wall Street's worst fears over Trump's trade war just faded

Stocks roared connected Monday arsenic investors' worst fears implicit an escalating commercialized warfare betwixt the US and China eased.

Truist co-CIO Keith Lerner described Monday's banal rally arsenic the marketplace reacting to a impermanent truce betwixt the 2 countries that was simply "better than expectations."

"Markets are each astir expectations," Lerner said. "And comparative to expectations, the short-term quality is better. And it's astatine a clip erstwhile the market, I would accidental much broadly, the Street, is not positioned for this outcome."

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) soared 3.3% higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) surged much than 2.8%, oregon astir 1,100 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led gains, rocketing 4.3%.

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A play of negotiations betwixt the US and China resulted successful a 90-day intermission connected the bulk of tariffs some nations had placed connected each other's goods. The determination means a impermanent driblet successful the US tariff complaint connected Chinese products from arsenic precocious arsenic 145% to 30%. The reprieve besides slashes China's retaliatory duties connected the US goods from 125% to 10%.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made wide done a bid of interviews connected Monday that "neither broadside wants a decoupling" of commercialized betwixt the 2 nations. Bessent besides added that the 90-day intermission could beryllium extended further, "as agelong arsenic determination is good-faith effort, engagement, and constructive dialogue, past we volition support moving forward."

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The quality sent stocks ripping higher arsenic galore connected Wall Street had been noting for respective weeks that quality connected tariff agreements betwixt the US and different countries remains a cardinal marketplace catalyst.

"This was benignant of the eventual affirmative catalyst successful presumption of getting a beauteous meaningful intermission with a beauteous meaningful commercialized partner," Charles Schwab elder concern strategist Kevin Gordon told Yahoo Finance.

Recent laggards amid the monolithic drawdown seen starring into and aft President Trump's archetypal April 2 tariff announcement were among the marketplace leaders connected Monday. The small-cap Russell 2000 scale (^RUT) was up astir 3.4%.

Moves similar this volition beryllium cardinal to ticker moving guardant to spot if the marketplace rebound has further legs, Gordon said.

"The signifier that we're astatine close now, aft you spell done that large washdown and you commencement to spot immoderate breadth thrust, this is truly the clip that you request to spot those laggards prime up for that bull marketplace to look a batch much sustainable," Gordon said.