Wall Street slides as U.S.-Greenland standoff knocks sentiment
by Reuters Jan 20, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened sharply lower on Tuesday, as investors were spooked by renewed tariff threats from President Donald Trump against Europe over control of Greenland.
At 09:30 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 653.07 points, or 1.32%, to 48,706.26, the S&P 500 lost 94.67 points, or 1.39%, to 6,843.59 and the Nasdaq Composite shed 385.24 points, or 1.64%, at 23,130.15.
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
Reuters
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