--- title: The loan market reacts to tariffs description: It’s been a week of extreme volatility in the markets, with broadly syndicated loans being no exception. Find out what we've been seeing on Octaura. image: https://news.octaura.com/hubfs/octaura-1.jpg --- [![OCTAURA_HP_Logo2x](https://news.octaura.com/hs-fs/hubfs/OCTAURA_HP_Logo2x.png?width=340&height=67&name=OCTAURA_HP_Logo2x.png)](https://octaura.com/) - [Home](https://octaura.com) - Products ###### [Loan Trading](https://octaura.com/loan-trading/) [Octaura’s industry-led electronic market trading, data, and analytics solution for loans can be used to grow trading volumes, increase liquidity and remove the cumbersome barriers to entry that have kept many investors from transacting with confidence.](https://octaura.com/loan-trading/) ###### [![future-icon (1)-clo](https://news.octaura.com/hubfs/future-icon%20(1)-clo.svg) CLO Trading](https://www.octaura.com/clo-trading/) [Octaura is set to modernize and improve existing CLO trading protocols. 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On Octaura, the universe of loans dropped dramatically over the last week, with tariff-exposed names down even more – rebounding universally after the April 9 news of a 90-day tariff pause. --- ![Octaura EOD Price - 2025 YTD](https://news.octaura.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Octaura%20EOD%20Price%20-%202025%20YTD.png?width=2458&height=1488&name=Octaura%20EOD%20Price%20-%202025%20YTD.png) Figure 1.0 | Source: Octaura End of Day Price Tracker, Loan Universe. Illustrates bid & offer pricing plus spread across the universe of loans January 1, 2025 – the morning of April 10, 2025. --- ![Octaura Intraday Price - April 2025](https://news.octaura.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Octaura%20Intraday%20Price%20-%20April%202025.png?width=2456&height=1473&name=Octaura%20Intraday%20Price%20-%20April%202025.png) Figure 2.0 | Source: Octaura Intraday Price Tracker, Highly Liquid Loans. Illustrates an approximate 2 point drop in the past week (April 2, 2025 – April 9, 2025) across the most liquid loans on Octaura’s loan trading platform. Prices rebounded by a point in the afternoon of April 9, reacting to the news of a 90-day tariff pause. --- ![Average Price Drop - April 8 v April 2](https://news.octaura.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Average%20Price%20Drop%20-%20April%208%20v%20April%202.png?width=1907&height=1140&name=Average%20Price%20Drop%20-%20April%208%20v%20April%202.png) Figure 3.0 | Source: Octaura. Average price drop by industry comparing April 8, 2025 vs. April 2, 2025. Automotive and Retail sectors experienced the most significant drop and continued to drop post 90-day tariff pause news on April 9.  --- ![Avereage Price Gain - April 9 v April 8](https://news.octaura.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Avereage%20Price%20Gain%20-%20April%209%20v%20April%208.png?width=1930&height=1147&name=Avereage%20Price%20Gain%20-%20April%209%20v%20April%208.png) Figure 4.0 | Source: Octaura. Average price gain by industry comparing April 9, 2025 vs. April 8, 2025. Media and Construction sectors experienced the most significant gain after the 90-day tariff pause news on April 9.   *Octaura 2025. All Rights Reserved. This marketing material is provided by Octaura for informational purposes only.  It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument. All investments involve risk, and past performance is not indicative of future results. 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