{"id":428046,"date":"2026-03-06T04:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/03\/us-stocks-close-lower-but-rebound-into-the-close\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:25:10","slug":"us-stocks-close-lower-but-rebound-into-the-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/us-stocks-close-lower-but-rebound-into-the-close-428046\/","title":{"rendered":"US stocks close lower but rebound into the close"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Major US stock indices are closing lower on the day, but well off the lowest levels. A late day fall in crude oil from a high of $82.16 down to the current level is $79.65 helped to shift the bias on hopes the worst has passed.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the major indices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dow industrial average fell 784.67 points or -1.61% at 47954.74. At session lows the index was down 1162 points.<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P index fell -38.79 points or -0.56% at 6830.71. At session lows the index is down -98.72 points.<\/li>\n<li>NASDAQ index fell -58.50 points or -0.26% at 22748.99. At session lows, the index was down -307.19 points.<\/li>\n<li>Russell 2000 fell -50.43 points or -1.91% at 2585.57. At session lows, the index was down -75.01 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">S&amp;P components from strongest to the weakest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">\ud83d\udfe2 Only 3 sectors green today: Energy, Tech, and Consumer Discretionary \u2014 a somewhat unusual combination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Energy and Tech both gaining while most cyclicals fall suggests oil price support may be driving Energy independently of broader macro sentiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The winner\/loser split makes the story clearer:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">3 sectors up, 8 sectors down \u2014 this is actually a broadly negative day for the market, with selective pockets of strength<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">The average decline across losing sectors is around \u22121.5% \u2014 meaningful across the board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-border-300\/10 pl-4 text-text-300\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Bottom line: This is a more bearish day than the first breakdown suggested. With 8 of 11 sectors in the red and only Energy, Tech, and Discretionary holding up, the market is under real pressure \u2014 likely macro-driven with Energy acting as an independent safe haven on oil strength.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major US stock indices are closing lower on the day, but well off the lowest levels. A late day fall in crude oil from a high of $82.16 down to the current&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}