Stock futures fell again on Monday following yet another negative trading week for Wall Street, as investors receive little signs of progress on global trade talks. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 356 points, or 0.9%. S&P 500 futures pulled back 1.2%, while Nasdaq-100 futures dropped 1.5%. The moves come after each of the three major averages logged a third weekly decline in the last four trading weeks. While the S&P 500 closed out Thursday’s session higher, the broad market index still finished the holiday-shortened week 1.5% lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite posted their third consecutive losing session, each finishing the week with a more than 2% pullback for the four-day period. U.S. markets were closed on Friday in observance of Good Friday. Heightened concern surrounding President Donald Trump’s tariffs have weighed on Wall Street recently. The major averages are down around 7% since April 2, when Trump announced a raft of levies on imports from other countries. Over the weekend, Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said in a CBS interview that the tariffs could lead U.S. economic activity to “fall off” by the summer. That follows Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressing concern Wednesday that the president’s levies could present difficulty for the central bank in controlling inflation and spurring economic growth. Questions around the Fed’s independence have also hurt stocks. Trump on Thursday called on the Fed to cut interest rates, even hinting at Powell’s “termination.” On Friday, White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said that the president and his team were studying whether firing Powell was an option. Investors are dealing with “with a fresh source of macro anxiety: Trump’s threats to Fed independence,” wrote Adam Crisafulli of Vital Knowledge. “This threat is related to Trump’s trade war as Powell and his colleagues are forced to stay on the sidelines due to the prospect of a tariff-induced inflation spike over the coming months despite recent market volatility and rising downside growth risks.” There was no news of progress on any trade deals over the weekend, hurting investor confidence as Monday trading kicked off. If anything, tensions seemed to increase with China with the country warning other nations not to strike any deal with the U.S. that would hurt China. “The concurrent slump in stocks, the USD, and Treasuries suggests Trump’s trade war has set in motion an exodus from American financial assets that no amount of negotiating can reverse,” Crisafulli wrote. The dollar index dropped more than 1% to 98.13. That move sent gold prices to fresh record highs. Futures tied to the precious metal were up 2.4% above $3,400 per ounce. A nearly 6% decline in Nvidia last week also put pressure on the broader market. The artificial intelligence darling disclosed Tuesday that it will record a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion due to controls around exporting its H20 graphics processing units to China and other destinations. Investors are looking ahead to a key earnings week, as more than 100 S&P 500 companies are due to report over the coming days. That includes “Magnificent Seven” names Alphabet and Tesla, and others like aerospace giant BoeingThe yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose Monday as investors weighed concerns over tariffs and comments by President Donald Trump criticizing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was 8 basis points higher at 4.401%. The 2-year Treasury yield was 1 basis point lower to 3.788%. Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Monday as China’s central bank held rates at a time when the yuan has come under pressure due to Beijing-Washington trade tensions. Mainland China’s CSI 300 rose 0.33% in its last hour of trade to end the day at 3,784.88, after the People’s Bank of China kept its key loan prime rates unchanged at 3.10% for 1-year loan maturities and 3.60% for 5-year loan maturities, in line with the expectations of economists polled by Reuters. India’s benchmark Nifty 50 advanced 1.32% while the broader BSE Sensex added 1.35% as of 1.25 p.m. Indian Standard time. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 ended the day 1.30% lower at 34,279.92, while the broader Topix index declined 1.18% to 2,528.93. In South Korea, the Kospi index moved up 0.2% in choppy trade to close at 2,488.42 while the small-cap Kosdaq fell 0.32% to 715.45. Australian and Hong Kong markets were closed for the Easter holiday. Oil prices fell more than 2% on Monday on signs of progress in talks between the U.S. and Iran while investors remained concerned about economic headwinds from tariffs which could curb demand for fuel. Brent crude futures slipped $1.53, or 2.2%, to $66.44 a barrel after closing up 3.2% on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $63.10 a barrel, down $1.58, or 2.4%, after settling up 3.54% in the previous session. Thursday was the last settlement day last week because of the Good Friday holiday. Gold prices broke $3,400 on Monday, hitting a new record as President Donald Trump’s threats against the Federal Reserve’s independence and his tariffs shake investor confidence in the U.S. economy. Gold futures jumped about 2.69% to $3,418 per ounce by 8:20 a.m. ET on Monday, with investors buying the precious metal as the dollar hit a three-year low. Gold has jumped about 29% since the start of the year and nearly 8% since Trump unveiled his sweeping tariffs on April 2.