Among the strongest performers, Thermo Fisher Scientific rose 12%, topping the leaderboard for large-cap stocks, followed by T-Mobile US, up 9%.

U.S. President Donald Trump, dogged by questions about his ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arrived in Scotland on Friday for some golf and bilateral talks that could yield a trade deal with the European Union.

When President Donald Trump revealed that his administration had struck a "massive" trade and investment deal with Japan, he described it as "completed"—but it must still pass the Japanese parliament, called the Diet, which is riven with political turmoil.

Trump said the U.S. will impose a 15% tariff on Japanese imports under the agreement, which he hailed as "maybe the largest deal in history."

US president says chances of reaching a trade deal with the EU are ’50-50′ ahead of his August 1 tariff deadline.

In the tariff dispute with the European Union, US President Donald Trump currently sees the chances of reaching an agreement at around 50%. "I would say that we have a 50-50 chance, maybe less than that,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to deliver remarks on AI in Washington. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is also scheduled to hold a press briefing at 1 p.m.The president also continues to face backlash from his MAGA supporters over his administration's handling of files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

She was referring to Trump’s repeated claim that he has completed 200 trade deals — despite there being only 195 countries in the world. To emphasize the disconnect, Phillip rolled a series of clips showing Lutnick enthusiastically talking up the outcome of these alleged deals.