By C Nivedita
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures slid on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to slap new tariffs on China over the coronavirus crisis, while Apple and Amazon became the latest companies to warn of more pain in the future.
Trump said late on Thursday his trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the pandemic, as his administration crafted retaliatory measures over the outbreak.
The threat pulled attention back to the trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks for nearly two years.
Also weighing on sentiment was a 2.6% fall in Apple Inc
Amazon.com Inc shares
Wall Street fell on Thursday as grim economic data and mixed earnings prompted investors to take profits at the end of the S&P 500’s best month in 33 years, a remarkable run driven by hopes of reopening the economy from crushing virus-induced restrictions.
Markets will also keep a close eye on the ISM’s purchasing managers index (PMI) data, due at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The report comes a day after data showed U.S. initial jobless claims totalled 3.84 million for the week ended April 25 and personal spending tumbled 7.5% in March, the biggest decline on record.
Meanwhile, oil majors Chevron Corp
At 06:26 a.m. EDT, Dow e-minis <1YMcv1> were down 418 points, or 1.73%, S&P 500 e-minis
SPDR S&P 500 ETFs
The S&P 500 index <.SPX> closed down 0.92% at 2,912.43 on Thursday.
(Reporting by C Nivedita and Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D’Silva)


