Wall St Sinks on Worries over Slowing Growth, Trade Truce Outcome

Wall Street fell more than 2 percent on Tuesday, led by bank stocks as a flattening U.S. Treasury yield curve set off warning lights about slowing growth and on fading hopes of a speedy resolution to the U.S.-China trade spat. The declines, which put the benchmark S&P 500 on course for its biggest one-day percentage drop in six weeks, more than erased Monday's gains after Beijing and Washington agreed to a 90-day truce to iron out their trade differences. Yields on two-year and...

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