Stock Market Update

10-Mar-25 15:35 ET

Stocks try to move up ahead of close, but remain sharply lower

Dow -842.56 at 41958.85, Nasdaq -696.95 at 17499.28, S&P -150.11 at 5620.09

[BRIEFING.COM] The market is trying to recover ahead of the close, but major indices still show solid declines. The S&P 500 is 2.7% lower and the equal-weighted S&P 500 is 1.3% lower.

Nine of the 11 S&P 500 sectors are lower with losses ranging from 0.6% (consumer staples) to 4.3% (technology).

The energy sector has outperformed today despite selling in crude oil. WTI crude oil futures dropped 1.6% to $66.06/bbl.

Separately, market participants receive the following data on Tuesday:

6:00 ET: February NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (prior 102.8)
10:00 ET: January job openings (prior 7.600 mln)