The stock market moved lower again this week, with the S&P 500 (-2.1%) and Nasdaq (-3.2%) leading the decline, while the Dow Jones (-0.9%) held up relatively better. The week was defined by sharp rotations, weakness in the megacaps, and continued volatility in oil, driven by geopolitical developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The week began with a broad rally driven by hopes of a potential pause in hostilities between the U.S. and Iran. All eleven sectors advanced on Monday, and the S&P 500 briefly reclaimed their 200-day moving averages. However, that optimism proved fleeting, as conflicting reports around negotiations quickly reintroduced uncertainty. From there, oil resumed its volatile swings, and Treasury yields moved higher overall, creating a difficult backdrop for equities. While there were intermittent bouts of strength tied to dips in oil prices, each rebound attempt was promptly sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nasdaq underperformed sharply, weighed down by significant losses in the communication services (-7.2%) and technology (-3.5%) sectors. The communications sector was negatively impacted by a court ruling that went against Meta and Alphabet. Weakness in megacaps was a persistent drag, with the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF falling 4.1% and the iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF dropping 7.4%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In contrast, smaller-cap stocks showed relative resilience for much of the week, with the Russell 2000 (+0.5%) and S&P Mid Cap 400 (+0.4%) managing gains. The energy sector (+6.2%) led all gainers as oil prices ultimately pushed back toward the $100 per barrel mark by week\u2019s end, despite early volatility. The materials sector (+4.2%) also posted strong gains, supported by strength in chemicals and metals amid ongoing supply concerns tied to geopolitical risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15928,"template":"","categories":[479,666],"tags":[696],"class_list":["post-23751","opinion-article","type-opinion-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-en","category-financial-analysis","tag-informe-semanal-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creandgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion-article\/23751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creandgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creandgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opinion-article"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creandgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creandgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creandgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creandgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}