03:51 PM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were on track to close mixed on Monday, after a choppy session following Trump's latest warnings of additional 50% tariffs on China.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8% to 38,005.29, while the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.2% to 15,625.52. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% to 5,069.14. All sectors except communication systems were declining. Real estate and materials saw the steepest declines.
Dollar Tree ( DLTR ) was among the top performers on the S&P 500, with shares gaining 9%. Citigroup upgraded the company's rating to buy from neutral and raised the price target to $103 from $76.
Nvidia ( NVDA ) was the top performer on the Dow, with shares up 3.8%.
SLB (SLB) shares were down 4.4%. TD Cowen and Piper Sandler lowered the price target on the company's stock to $48 from $55 and $46 from $47, respectively.
SUNation Energy ( SUNE ) shares declined 76%. The company closed the final tranche of its previously announced securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors, raising $5 million.
The 10-year US Treasury yield gained 18.7 basis points to 4.18%, while the two-year rate rose 8.9 basis points to 3.76%.
May West Texas Intermediate crude oil was down 1.2% to $61.26 a barrel.