U.S. stocks see biggest 2-day wipeout in history as market loses $11 trillion since Inauguration Day

 

Roughly $11.1 trillion has been wiped away from the U.S. stock market since Jan. 17, the Friday before President Donald Trump took the oath of office and began his second term, according to data from Dow Jones Market Data.

Some $6.6 trillion of that figure was lost on Thursday and Friday alone — the largest two-day wipeout of shareholder value on record, Dow Jones data showed.

Many investors were caught flat-footed on Wednesday when Trump unveiled sweeping global tariffs that were much larger than expected.

Financial markets have since been heaping pressure on the administration to step in and pare back the planned levies or to announce meaningful progress toward a deal, said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, in emailed commentary Friday.

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