U.S. stocks slid Friday as rising Treasury yields and renewed inflation fears pressured markets, even after the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing delivered a business-friendly tone but left key diplomatic issues unresolved.
When Wall Street opened on Friday, it didn’t look like a market ready to celebrate. Bond yields were climbing again, inflation jitters were back in the driver’s seat, and traders pulled stocks away from Thursday’s record momentum.
The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.3%. while the S&P 500 dropped 0.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.6%. slipping back below the 50. 000 level.. The retreat came right after President Trump wrapped up his Beijing trip with Chinese President Xi Jinping and returned to Washington. a move that left investors weighing what the summit changed—and what it didn’t.
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