Stocks - Wall Street Struggles as Trade Worries Rise Again

Investing.com - Stocks pulled back slightly Monday after concerns emerged that the U.S.-China trade deal announced Friday might not be as solid as first thought.

President Donald Trump announced a "very substantial phase one" agreement, but nothing was in writing yet. Bloomberg News reported Monday there are still a number of points not yet resolved.

The S&P 500 fell 0.14%, and the Dow Jones industrials slipped 0.11%. The Nasdaq Composite was off 0.10%.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Nike (NYSE:NKE) hit new highs. Apple briefly was the world's most valuable company, ahead of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), but fell back into a tie by the close. Both ended down slightly with market caps of $1.066 trillion.

Oil prices fell on the trade worries and gold moved up as some investors wanted safety.

Stocks had rallied strongly last week as Chinese and U.S. negotiators met in Washington, D.C. and Trump had Vice Premier Liu He, the leader of the Chinese team, to a White House meeting on Friday afternoon.

But a 507-point gain for the Dow on Friday was cut by nearly 40% in the last half hour of trading as investors sold the news of the projected deal. It included some relief on tariffs set to be imposed this week and a Chinese agreement to buy $40 billion to $60 billion in U.S. farm products, especially pork and and soybeans.

Not resolved were the key issues of access to Chinese markets and how to crack down on technology theft. And China wants a tariff imposition, set for December, canceled.

Trump Administration officials said they were hopeful the issues could be resolved soon.

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