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Apple shares fell sharply in extended trading Wednesday after President Trump unveiled sweeping reciprocal tariffs, including a steep 34% import tax on China, the country where the iPhone maker manufactures about 90% of its products. Monitor these major chart levels.

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Computer and electronics makers are likely to face higher production costs after President Donald Trump announced new reciprocal tariffs on Asian nations. Trump said the reciprocal tariff rate on China will be 34%. Most of the world’s electronics are made in Asia, including Apple and Samsung smartphones, tablets, video game consoles, and big screen TVs.

Stocks sold off late Wednesday as President Trump's reciprocal tariffs proved to be harsher than many on Wall Street had expected.

Shares in some of the biggest U.S. technology and consumer firms fell late Wednesday following President Trump's announcement of significant tariffs, including 34% on China and 46% on Vietnam, nations that export large amounts of goods to America.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as "gangster-style businesses" engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companies' practices directly affected his own business by scaring away users from installing Epic's Games Store software and preventing Epic from attracting developers to its offerings. Notably, Ep

Dubbed the Magnificent Seven stocks, Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon.com, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla lived up to their name in 2024 with solid gains. Through the first three months of 2025, however, performance for these mega-cap stocks has been negative thus far.

Madison Mills, joined by Tematica Research chief investment officer Chris Versace, examines some of the top trending tickers on Yahoo Finance's platform. NewsMax (NMAX) stock pulled back from its post–initial public offering (IPO) skyrocket. Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) is in focus after Truth Social filed papers with the SEC that could allow US President Donald Trump to sell his stake worth $2.3 billion at Tuesday's close. Visa (V) reportedly offers Apple (AAPL) $100 million to switch its credit card to the Visa network, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here.

Apple has been fielding offers from payment network providers and banks as potential partners for its credit-card program.

Visa has reportedly offered Apple around $100 million in a bid to replace Mastercard as the provider of the Cupertino-based tech firm's payments network.

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Just weeks after approaching its all-time high, the Nasdaq Composite is tumbling. Concerns about new tariffs, weakening consumer sentiment, geopolitical tensions, and a stock market that was already trading at lofty valuations have investors playing defense, selling stocks, and wondering how long this pullback will last. The members of the "Magnificent Seven" -- the much-watched group of tech megacaps comprised of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) -- have almost all fallen even further.

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Visa (V) has proposed $100 million to Apple (AAPL) in a move to take over network operations on the

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With perfect or tone-deaf timing—take your pick—China’s Communist Party mouthpiece, People’s Daily, is rolling out a miniseries this week titled “Fully Understanding the Mutually Beneficial Nature of China-U.S. Relations.” Part 1 cited a Tesla factory in Shanghai making energy-storage batteries and Apple partners making electronics in China as examples of the benefits for the U.S. in doing business in China. Part 2, published Wednesday, features an Iowa farmer whose soybeans are exported to China.

Half a century after its founding in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 4, 1975, Microsoft (MSFT) consistently ranks as one of the world’s most valuable companies. Currently sitting on a $2.7 trillion market cap, the software company, now based in Redmond, Washington, has turned into an artificial intelligence leader.

European tech regulations are barriers to trade that disproportionately affect American companies, according to a U.S. trade report published one day before President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs. The European Union applies some of its toughest digital rules to the world’s biggest companies and online platforms, including Google, Apple and Meta Platforms. The U.S. trade report said the rules put a disproportionate burden on American companies and have resulted in what it called “excessive fines” for violating a law that aims to make it easier for smaller companies to compete against tech giants.

Apple (AAPL) concluded the recent trading session at $223.19, signifying a +0.48% move from its prior day's close.