India, Aug. 7 -- After moving mostly higher early in the session, stocks have given back ground over the course of the trading day on Thursday. The major averages have pulled back well off their highs of the session, with the Dow sliding firmly into negative territory.
Currently, the major averages are turning in a mixed performance. While the Dow is down 236.92 points or 0.5 percent at 43,956.20, the S&P 500 is up 2.49 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 6,347.55 and the Nasdaq is up 124.39 points or 0.6 percent at 21,293.82.
The early strength on Wall Street came after President Donald Trump announced a 100 percent tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips but said companies that are "building in the United States" would be ...