Stocks in the U.S. ended a third straight week of declines. The main U.S. index S&amp;P 500 fell to its lowest level in 2026. The stock market is following the oil market, which continued to grow on Friday: the cost of Brent exceeded $103 per barrel and came close to $104.

Stocks down for the third week, S&amp;P 500 low, Brent over $103: results of the 14th day of war

Oracle Corporation

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Stocks in the U.S. mostly fell in price on Wednesday, March 11, due to a renewed rise in oil prices, with Brent rising more than 5% to above $92 a barrel. This is despite the International Energy Agency announcing the release of 400 million barrels of oil, the largest use of reserves in history, CNBC wrote. The UK said at least three ships were damaged near the Strait of Hormuz, and oil storage facilities in Oman were attacked by drones.

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Stocks in the U.S. showed weak dynamics at the trading on March 10, which was characterized by sharp fluctuations in oil prices due to the quickly flared up and just as quickly faded <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/neft-wti-desevela-na-19-brent-nize-82-minenergo-ssa-nenadolgo-dalo-rynku-nadezdu">hope</a> for the resumption of supplies of raw materials through the Strait of Hormuz. Moreover, according <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/10/politics/iran-begins-laying-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz">to</a> CNN, Iran has begun to mine this crucial artery for the global oil market. US President Donald Trump has threatened serious consequences if this is confirmed and Tehran refuses to remove the mines.

Weak stocks, oil surges and mines in the Strait of Hormuz: results of the 11th day of war

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Caterpillar Inc.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

RTX Corporation

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Oil prices rose sharply amid the war between the U.S. and Iran and the threat of prolonged disruption of energy supplies from the Middle East. Futures for U.S. WTI rose for five days by about 35% - this is the largest weekly growth since the beginning of trading in oil contracts in 1983, notes CNBC. All week American stocks showed strong volatility: the so-called Wall Street fear index jumped by 25% by the end of Friday and almost reached 30 points, while the alarming is considered to overcome the mark of 20.

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The Boeing Company

3M Company

NVIDIA Corporation

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

GE Aerospace

Major U.S. stock market indices collapsed on Thursday, March 5, failing to hold Wednesday's gains. Fears around the war with Iran intensified after it became known about strikes on several oil tankers. This triggered a panic sell-off, the price of oil jumped and the fear index soared. By the close of trading, the fall in stocks and the oil rally had slowed - in anticipation of a possible <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-weighs-oil-futures-market-action-combat-rising-energy-prices-wh-official-2026-03-05/">announcement of </a>measures to curb energy prices by the US Treasury Department.

Oil rally, stock market panic and falling gold: results of the sixth day of the war

Amazon.com, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Micron Technology, Inc.

Broadcom Inc.

U.S. stocks rose sharply on Wednesday, March 4, continuing the recovery that began at the end of the previous session. The market was led by technology companies. The rally was also helped by the easing of investors' fears of a slowdown in economic growth in the U.S., thanks to fresh data on private sector employment and growth in the U.S. service sector.

Tech company recovery rally and volatile oil: results of the fifth day of war with Iran

By evening, US stocks managed to partially compensate for the sharp decline in early trading amid fears of a prolongation of war in the Middle East. Investors were slightly calmed by US President Donald Trump, who promised to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz by the US Navy if necessary - this will help to curb oil prices. What was happening in the market during the day was followed in this online.

Fourth day of war, stocks down, Trump offered tanker protection: online 

Microsoft Corporation

The Nasdaq Composite Index went into plus territory on Monday, March 2, after recovering from a sharp drop at the beginning of the session. It also recovered from the collapse of the S&amp;P 500. Investors were buying back shares on the drawdown during the first day of trading after the US and Israel began strikes on Iran. The technology sector index was positively affected by the growth of Nvidia and Microsoft securities. Also, against the background of geopolitical risks, shares of oil and defense companies became more expensive.

US tech sector rises on first day of trading after Iran operation begins

Two key US indices out of three were down at the end of the month: in February, the market experienced several waves of software apocalypse due to fears that the AI boom would lead to the destruction of software developers' business models and increased unemployment. The state of the labor market should clarify the employment report, whose release is scheduled for next week. At the same time, its importance has grown sharply after the unexpectedly high wholesale inflation rate published on Friday, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/stocks-will-get-early-march-test-with-high-stakes-jobs-report-next-week.html">notes </a>. It increased investors' fears, and they sold off stocks on the last trading day of the month.

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U.S. stocks fell in trading on Thursday, February 26: strong reports from technology giant Nvidia and software developer Salesforce failed to support the market, CNBC reported. Nvidia shares, despite results and a forecast that beat analysts' expectations, fell 5.5%, its worst one-day decline since April. This pulled the securities of other representatives of the sector.

Nvidia shares suffered their worst collapse since April and pulled most of the market with it

The broad index of American stocks S&amp;P 500 and technological Nasdaq Composite reached their two-week highs during trading on February 25. The growth was provided by the securities of technology companies, which are popular ahead of the publication of the quarterly report of the most expensive company by market capitalization - Nvidia.

The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq hit two-week highs ahead of Nvidia's report

Meta Platforms, Inc.

DocuSign, Inc.

Major US stock market indices jumped on Tuesday, February 24, after investors reassessed the negative impact of AI on global business processes. A presentation by AI startup Anthropic showed that its tools will not replace software developers, but will strengthen them by enabling them to develop products using their AI Claude. That calmed the markets a bit and the Software Developers Sector ETF rose 2% after several days of declines.