US futures fluttered as President Donald Trump moved to fulfill his promise to impose reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners. Trump signed his plan for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but delayed their implementation until April to allow his administration to negotiate on a one-by-one basis with countries that could be impacted.

U.S. stocks rallied to the brink of a record Thursday after more companies reported fatter profits than expected. Wall Street mostly yawned, again, at the latest announcement on tariffs by President Donald Trump,