Wall St Slides, Treasury Yields Rise on Mixed Data, Renewed Tariff Threats

GLOBAL MARKET - NEW YORK. Wall Street ended sharply lower and benchmark Treasury yields jumped on Friday in the wake of a mixed U.S. payrolls report, weak consumer sentiment data and revived trade war jitters.

All three major U.S. stock indexes finished steeply lower in a broad selloff that accelerated after a report that U.S. President Donald Trump will shortly announce new tariffs.