The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)<\/a>, known to many as Wall Street’s fear gauge, perked higher in afternoon trading. It was last at 22.7.<\/p>\n Investors have been on edge in recent days as global trade tensions have escalated. <\/p>\n Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Dow intraday<\/p>\n The S&P 500 on Tuesday attempted a comeback but ultimately closed lower after President Donald Trump threatened China with a cooking oil embargo<\/a> late in the session as retaliation for Beijing not buying U.S. soybeans. Earlier, Trump also threatened to place additional 100% tariff on any goods coming from China in response to Beijing imposing strict export controls on rare earth minerals.<\/p>\n But the recent stock market volatility stoked by the trade war hasn’t discouraged federal officials from pursuing tough talks with China, Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday.<\/p>\n “We won’t negotiate because the stock market is going down,” Bessent said in an exclusive interview at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum. “We will negotiate because we are doing what is best economically for the U.S.”<\/p>\n The U.S.\u00a0government<\/a>\u00a0shutdown<\/a>, which is in its third week, has added to the uncertainty of the moment. Under the closure, the release of critical economic data from federal agencies has come to a halt indefinitely, creating blind spots for traders.<\/p>\n Stocks earlier in the day got a boost from strong earnings out of Bank of America and Morgan Stanley. <\/p>\n “It appears as if the banks have hit the ball out of the park, exceeding both earnings and revenue expectations,” Sam Stovall Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Research, told CNBC. “That’s an indication that the economy remains strong and, coupled with the likelihood that the Fed will cut rates again at the end of this month, [it] is bolstering investor optimism.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 13, 2025, in New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3091],"tags":[15241,15156,51430,4959,51,3085,7997,125319,7989,2441,7993,125321,3742,164603,125320,3741,1831,16,15,49],"class_list":["post-502038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-abbott-laboratories","tag-asml-holding-nv","tag-bank-of-america-corp","tag-breaking-news-markets","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-cboe-volatility-index","tag-dow-jones-fut-sep25","tag-dow-jones-industrial-average","tag-markets","tag-morgan-stanley","tag-nasdaq-100-fut-sep25","tag-nasdaq-composite","tag-pnc-financial-services-group-inc","tag-sp-500-fut-sep25","tag-sp-500-index","tag-stock-markets","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115379401673179908","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"hide](\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\")
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