US stocks vacillated as the latest US-China trade rhetoric weighed on sectors exposed to the outlook for global growth, while defensive stocks drew buyers.
The trading pattern followed Donald Trump’s threat to widen tariffs on Chinese imports ahead of the G20 summit in Argentina where he is expected to meet Xi Jinping, Chinese president.
By late afternoon, the S&P 500 was up 0.2 per cent, moving into the black as gains for utilities and consumer staples companies helped outweigh pressure on industrials and materials shares.
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