Oil prices fell on Tuesday as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to apply new tariffs later than expected while boosting oil and gas production in the United States. Brent crude futures were down $1.

President Donald Trump began his second term by taking world financial markets on a daylong rollercoaster ride over his tariff policies, in a sign of turbulence ahead for investors and executives.

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Likely a taste of things to come, stock and currency markets were knocked back and forth on the first day of Donald Trump's new presidency as they second guessed his trade tariff plans and remained largely in the dark on the issue as U.

President Donald Trump used his inauguration Monday to underscore his plans to move away from taxing Americans in favor of tariffs on imports from other countries.

President-elect Trump won't impose broad tariffs on Day 1 of his presidency, and instead will order reviews of trade and currency imbalances, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Why it matters: Global markets feared Trump would immediately make good on his campaign promise to place sweeping tariffs on U.