Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as auto tariffs hurt GM, help Tesla and others

By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is getting pulled in different directions Thursday as President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation creates winners and losers among auto stocks, while better-than-expected data on the economy helps support the market.

The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in midday trading after erasing an early loss of 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 18 points, or less than 0.1%, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, and...