Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Stocks moving on tariffs — U.S. stocks are off their lows after the U.S. and Mexico said tariffs against the latter country would be delayed for one month. Initially, stocks dropped on tariffs announced over the weekend against key trading partners, with a 25% tax on goods from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% levy on imports from China. The companies most impacted are automakers and suppliers, consumer goods makers, clothing companies, steelmakers, railroads, transportation providers, nuclear stocks on Canadian uranium exposure, restaurant chains on higher food costs, homebuilders and solar stocks. General Motors — -2.8% Ford — -1.8% Tesla — -6% Aptiv — -4% Cummins — -1.9% Constellation Brands — -2.8% Diageo — -1.9% Nike — -1.9% Lululemon Athletica — -1.2% Steel Dynamics — -1% Apple — -4% Canadian Pacific Kansas City — -5.9% FedEx — -5.7% GE Vernova — -3.2% Toll Brothers — -3% Tyson Foods — The poultry and beef giant gained 1.8% after the company’s fiscal first quarter results exceeded expectations. Tyson posted earnings of $1.14 per share, more than the 90 cents per share estimated by analysts polled by FactSet. Sales rose about 2.3% year over year, led by growth in the beef category. Triumph — Shares soared 34% upon the news that the aerospace services supplier would be acquired by affiliates of Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners. Triumph shareholders will receive $26 per share in cash, making the deal worth around $3 billion total. IDEXX Laboratories — Shares surged 11% after the veterinary healthcare company posted fourth-quarter revenue of $954.3 million, topping The FactSet estimate of $935.1 million. PVH — Shares dropped 6.6%. Wells Fargo downgraded PVH to equal weight from overweight, saying the the apparel company behind Calvin Klein and Tommy Bahama feels like a value trap due to mounting issues around inventory risk and foreign currency pressure. Tempur Sealy — Shares popped 5.4% after a court victory allowed it to acquire Mattress Firm. A judge denied the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block the deal. Owens & Minor — The stock dropped 28% after Owens & Minor reported preliminary quarterly results, as well as a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of about $310 million. Fourth quarter revenue of $2.67 billion to $2.70 billion falls short of the FactSet consensus estimate of $2.73 billion. iShares MSCI Mexico ETF (EWW) — The index fund tracking Mexican stocks jumped 2.2%, reversing earlier losses after Trump announced that tariffs on the southern neighbor to the U.S. would be delayed by one month. iShares MSCI Canada ETF (EWC) — The index fund tracking Canadian stocks fell 1.6% as investors weighed the potential impact of tariffs announced of the weekend. The fund was down about 3.4% at its low point on Monday morning. Prologis — Shares dipped 1.7% after Raymond James downgraded the real estate investment trust to market perform from outperform, citing the company’s recent outperformance after strong quarterly results and mixed 2025 guidance. Investor expectations may “have been reset too high,” the firm said in a Monday note. — CNBC’s Michelle Fox, Lisa Han, Yun Li, Jesse Pound and Pia Singh contributed reporting
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones said Monday he believes the financial markets are far less stable entering President Donald Trump’s second term than they were in 2017. “There’s so many moving parts, and there’s so many things that are cross currents. The one thing that I would say is this is a completely, totally different landscape than Trump 1.0,” Jones said on CNBC’s ” Squawk Box .” The widely followed investor said fixed-income, foreign exchange and equity markets have all gone through sea changes during the past eight years. He noted that the Treasury is now issuing a record amount of debt, more than doubling the number in 2017. Meanwhile, today foreigners take up twice as much of the ownership of U.S. equities, debt and real estate than in 2017 as a percentage of GDP, Jones said. As for the stock market, the founder and chief investment officer of Tudor Investment pointed out that the average price-to-earnings ratio of the S & P 500 today is around 25, versus the 19 level in January 2017. “We could have a 30% correction in the stock market and just be back to slightly overvalued,” Jones said. “I think Trump being Trump, I don’t know if it will play as well as it did in 1.0, because there’s no room for mistakes.” The markets declined Monday after Trump hit several key U.S. trading partners with tariffs over the weekend, raising fears that a full-blown trade war would disrupt global supply chains, reignite inflation and slow the economy. Stocks cut losses after Mexico’s president said tariffs against the country would be paused. “He’s my president now, I pray he makes all the right decisions, because we are precariously perched from a macro standpoint,” Jones said. “I don’t think we’ve ever had as many things that are connected in circular and could go wrong. So it’s going to take a maestro to pull this off in a way that kind of preserves where we are now in the major asset classes.” Jones shot to fame after he predicted and profited from the 1987 stock market crash. He is also the chairman of nonprofit Just Capital, which ranks public U.S. companies based on social and environmental metrics.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, listens as investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.
Bessent, a former hedge fund manager who was confirmed as head of the U.S. Treasury last week, will presumably lead the CFPB until a permanent pick is named.
“I look forward to working with the CFPB to advance President Trump’s agenda to lower costs for the American people and accelerate economic growth,” Bessent said in a CFPB statement announcing his appointment.
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U.S. President Donald Trump hold up an executive order, “Unleashing prosperity through deregulation,” that he signed in the Oval Office on January 31, 2025 in Washington, D.C., while also speaking to reporters about tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico.
The U.S. stock market was rocked as President Donald Trump kicked off a possible a global trade war. Shares of companies spanning the auto, industrial, retail and beverage industries with international supply chains were hit particularly hard.
Trump on Saturday slapped a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada, while adding a 10% levy on imports from China. Canada responded with retaliatory tariffs of its own, while Mexico said it would explore levies on U.S. imports. Trump also ramped up his tariff threats to the European Union.
Tariffs could not only increase the cost of transporting goods across borders, they could also disrupt supply chains and crimp business confidence. Goldman Sachs warned that Trump’s latest action could cause a 5% sell-off in U.S. stocks due to the hit to corporate earnings. Here are some of the most affected industries and stocks:
Automakers
These tariffs could have a material impact on the global automotive industry, which has a heavy reliance on manufacturing operations across North America.
Detroit’s big three car makers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis — could feel the pain from disrupted supply chains as a result of tariffs and may be forced to shift production from foreign factories to the United States.
Automakers getting crushed
Food and beverage
Constellation Brands, a large importer of alcohol from Mexico, is leading a sell-off among booze stocks. Also Canada has threatened to pull American alcohol from its government-run liquor shelves in response to Trump’s 25% tariffs.
Restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill and avocado company Calavo Growers could feel the pain from more costly supplies as these companies import avocados from Mexico.
Retailers
Sportswear brands Nike and Lululemon could be vulnerable to Trump’s tariffs because of their heavy reliance on Chinese imports, including fabrics. Their sizable business in China could also be hurt by the negative sentiment from the trade war.
Discount retailers like Five Below and Dollar General could be among the hardest hit businesses as imports from China usually make up a significant portion of their sales. Another victim could be Canada Goose, a Canada-based luxury outerwear firm.
Railroads
Tariffs could be damaging to railroad operators as heavy duties could slow the flow of goods being transported to the U.S., hurting their revenue and profits.
Trump’s tariffs also targeted a trade provision that helped fuel the explosive growth of budget online retailers, including Temu. The orders against China, Canada and Mexico all halt a trade exemption, known as “de minimis,” which allows exporters to ship packages worth less than $800 into the U.S. duty free.
PDD Holdings-owned Temu and Alibaba‘s AliExpress may no longer be able to take advantage of the loophole to sell cheap apparel, household items and electronics.