US stocks end higher as traders focus on tariffs, data
(Reuters) -Wall Street stocks ended higher on Tuesday, with Apple rising and Nvidia dipping as investors assessed consumer sentiment data and bet on a more flexible trade policy stance from the Trump administration next week. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that automobile tariffs were coming soon, while suggesting that not all proposed tariffs would be enforced in an April 2 announcement on which Wall Street is focused. "I don't expect that we'll get the clarity that the market is hoping for, but investors are desperate for any sort of clarity on this front, and to the extent they'll get some of it, it's a huge day," said Ross Mayfield, an investment strategist at Baird.