{"id":20472,"date":"2025-04-03T17:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=20472"},"modified":"2025-04-03T17:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:01:43","slug":"wall-street-wipes-out-2-trillion-apple-eyes-worst-day-since-covid-19-pandemic-oil-plummets-whats-driving-markets-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=20472","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Wipes Out $2 Trillion, Apple Eyes Worst Day Since COVID-19 Pandemic, Oil Plummets: What&#8217;s Driving Markets Thursday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s sweeping new trade tariffs sent shockwaves through global markets on Thursday, triggering a massive sell-off that echoed the COVID-19 pandemic-era routs, as investor risk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\">appetite vanished in a flash.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wall Street saw a staggering $2 trillion in market cap erased, with the U.S.\u2019s biggest 10 companies shedding $1 trillion alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple Inc.<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/AAPL#NASDAQ\">AAPL<\/a>) plunged 8.7%, staring down its worst day since March 2020 and wiping out nearly $300 billion in value. <strong>NVIDIA Corp.<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/NVDA#NASDAQ\">NVDA<\/a>) tumbled 6.4%, losing $171.9 billion, while <strong>Amazon.com Inc.<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/AMZN#NASDAQ\">AMZN<\/a>) dropped 8%, on pace for a $166 billion hit.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Company<\/th>\n<th>% Daily Change<\/th>\n<th>Market Cap Loss ($B)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Apple<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-8.74%<\/td>\n<td>-293.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NVIDIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-6.38%<\/td>\n<td>-171.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-8.03%<\/td>\n<td>-166.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Meta Platforms<\/strong> <strong>Inc<\/strong>. (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/META#NASDAQ\">META<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-6.64%<\/td>\n<td>-98.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Alphabet<\/strong> <strong>Inc<\/strong>. (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/GOOGL#NASDAQ\">GOOGL<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-3.26%<\/td>\n<td>-62.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Broadcom<\/strong> <strong>Inc<\/strong>. (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/AVGO#NASDAQ\">AVGO<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-7.63%<\/td>\n<td>-61.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Microsoft<\/strong> <strong>Corp<\/strong>. (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/MSFT#NASDAQ\">MSFT<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-2.04%<\/td>\n<td>-57.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tesla<\/strong> <strong>Inc<\/strong>. (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/TSLA#NASDAQ\">TSLA<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-5.80%<\/td>\n<td>-52.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>JPMorgan Chase<\/strong> <strong>&amp; Co.<\/strong> (NYSE:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/JPM#NYSE\">JPM<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-6.69%<\/td>\n<td>-45.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bank of America<\/strong> <strong>Corp<\/strong>. (NYSE:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/BAC#NYSE\">BAC<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-9.93%<\/td>\n<td>-31.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>-1043.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 fell nearly 4%, poised for its worst session since September 2022, and sank to a &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/government\/regulations\/25\/04\/44631916\/wall-street-wipes-out-2-trillion-apple-eyes-worst-day-since-covid-19-pandemic-oil-plummets\" alt=\"Wall\" street wipes out trillion apple eyes worst day since covid-19 pandemic oil plummets: what driving markets thursday>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump&#8216;s sweeping new trade tariffs sent shockwaves through global markets on Thursday, triggering a massive sell-off that echoed the COVID-19 pandemic-era routs, as investor risk appetite vanished in a flash. Wall Street saw a staggering $2 trillion in market cap erased, with the U.S.\u2019s biggest 10 companies shedding $1 trillion alone. Apple Inc. 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