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Stocks plummeted Thursday in reaction to a widening global trade war. With few parallels in history, markets are wondering where things go from here.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stock markets extended their recent rout on Friday, with S&P 500 companies wiping out $5 trillion in stock market value since U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, while investors fled to the safety of government bonds. The Nasdaq confirmed it was in a bear market, ending more than 20% below its record high close, while oil prices and other commodities plunged. That $5-trillion loss marked a record two-day decline for the S&P 500 benchmark, exceeding a two-day loss of $3.3 trillion in March 2020 when the pandemic ripped across global markets, according to LSEG data compiled by Reuters.

President Donald Trump offered a rosy assessment after the stock market dropped sharply Thursday over his tariffs, saying, “I think it's going very well.” “The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom,” he said when asked about the market as he left the White House to fly to one of his Florida golf clubs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,600 points on Thursday as U.S. stocks led a worldwide selloff after the Republican president's announcement of tariffs against much of the world ignited a shock like none seen since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fast food restaurants have been mostly spared from the impact of Trump's tariffs.

(Reuters) -Marketing platform AppLovin said on Thursday it has submitted a bid for TikTok assets outside of China, ahead of the April 5 deadline set by the U.S. President Donald Trump to find a non-Chinese buyer for the short video app used by 170 million Americans. AppLovin said in a regulatory filing that its proposal for TikTok is preliminary and there can be no assurance that a transaction will proceed. Bidders for the short video social media company are piling up, as the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches.

Stocks cratered and bond yields hit their lowest level since October as investors flee risk assets and predict a hit to economic growth.

Shares of RH plummeted Thursday on the heels of disappointing earnings results and sweeping tariffs announced by the Trump administration.