The first week of march will be forgotten on Wall Street. The market has suffered after the non-farm employment data falling by 92,000 jobs compared to an expectation of 55,000 new jobs. To this we must add the oil price increaseboth WTI and Brent, due to the conflict in the Middle East with the closure of the Oromuz Strait. This has led to a Friday and weekly closing in red for the DOW JONES Ind Average, S&P 500 y NASDAQ 100 in -0.95% to 47,501 points, -1.33% to 6,740 points and -1.59% to 22,387 points respectively.
The conflict between US-Israel and Iran has been the axis of the falls with statements by important players in the oil market such as the Qatar Energy Minister who predicted that war against Iran would force Gulf exporters to stop production in a matter of days and warned that it could skyrocket prices 150 dollars per barrel. At the same time, The Wall Street Journal reported that Kuwait has begun to reduce production according to Yahoo Finance.
Furthermore the President Donald Trump declared on Friday that the only way to solve the Iran problem is an «unconditional surrender.»
All of this has increased concern about a inflation spikewith the prices of the Gasoline in the US reaching its highest level since 2024 according to Yahoo Finance.
Gasoline prices rose this week to their highest level since 2024. The national average reached $3.32 per gallonabout 0.34 dollars more than a week ago, according to data from the AAA shared by Yahoo Finance.
«With oil rising and cross-strait shipping still disrupted, fuel prices are likely to continue rising over the weekend,» he said. Patrick De Haan, head of oil analysis at GasBuddy a Yahoo Finance.
Regarding the employment report, several officials from the Reserva Federal (FED) have referred to the expert, according to Yahoo Finance.
Mary Daly, president of the San Francisco FedI declare that «this employment report has caught my attention,» he told CNBC. «Labor markets could be a little weaker than what we’ve seen so far.» Daly added that the FED is currently facing «bilateral risks.»
Jeff Schmid, president of the Kansas City Feddescribed the February employment report as a reflection of the structural changes in the labor marketarguing that the American labor market is in the midst of a transformation, in which older Americans are retiring and companies are pausing hiring to see how technology (artificial intelligence) can fill the gaps.
“Employers are pausing before hiring the next person to ask: What are the skills we need and how can technology complement them?” Schmid added.
He Federal Reserve Governor Chris Wallernoted that if the February employment report was positive, he would change his stance and prefer to keep interest rates stable in the face of a recovering labor market. However, given the weaker result, it is likely to maintain its tendency to cut rates.
Among other economic data we had the January monthly retail sales with -0.2% compared to the -0.3% expected, January monthly underlying retail sales with 0.0% compared to the expected 0.1%, February U6 unemployment rate with 7.9% compared to the previous 8.1% and the February labor participation rate with 62.0% compared to the previous 62.1%.
Among the winning actions we have Marvell Tech (+18.35% to $89.57), CF Industries Hl (+4.50% to $115.77) and Boeing Co (+4.07% to $231.10)
Marvell goes up after the Wall Street analysts bet on the growth in demand for their chips as we pointed out this afternoon.
CF Industries goes up after the sale of shares by the former Chairman and CEO, Will W. Anthonyfor 64,273 common shares on March 3 as reported by the Form 4 before the US Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC according to Investing.
Sales, executed in two separate transactionstotaled approximately $7,009,894.
The first transaction involved the sale of 30,407 shares at a weighted average price of $108.78with prices ranging between $108.50 and $108.99. The second transaction involved the sale of 33,866 shares at a weighted average price of $109.31with prices ranging between 109.00 and 109.54 dollars. Following these transactions, Anthony directly owns 194,010 shares.
Boeing rises after announcing that it would be close to closing one of its largest sales agreements in historywith a request for 500 737 Max aircraft which is expected to be announced during the President Donald Trump’s state visit to Chinaaccording to a report by Bloomberg posted on Friday shared by Investing.
Both parties would also be discussing a sale of wide-body aircraft that involves approximately 100 jets Boeing 787 Dreamliner y 777X. A deal for twin-aisle aircraft is likely to be announced at a later date and is not expected to be part of the upcoming summit.
Among the losing stocks we have Old Dominion Fre (-7.90% to 194.03 dollars), Teradyne (-10.66% to $273) and Caterpillar(-3.57% to $680.90)
Old Dominion falls before various economic factors such as weak labor market data, the rise in oil, the general decline in the market and the transportation index according to Investors.
Teradyne falls before a recent discount by Wall Street analysts when they warned that the price has risen too fast and this reflects much of its growth. Which usually generates quick sales from institutional and individual investors, according to Quiver Quantitive.
We can point out the following sales:
- UBS AM, a separate business unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLCsold 4,142,744 shares (-72.5%) of its portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2025, for an estimated value of $801,869,528
- Wellington Management Group LLP sold 1,971,740 shares (-96.8%) of its portfolio in Q4 2025, worth an estimated $381,649,994
- Primecap Management CO/CA/ sold 1,834,698 shares (-71.9%) of its portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2025, for an estimated value of $355,124,144
- VanEck Associates Corp sold 1,715,143 shares (-42.9%) of its portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2025, for an estimated value of $355,124,144
Caterpillar falls before the continuation of tensions in the Middle East amid fears of an economic slowdown and inflation.
Los Oil futures WTI they go up a +12.73% to $91.32 and the Brent +8.71% at $92.85.
He Oro upload a +1.93% to $5,176 per ounce and the Plata +2.75% to $84.43.
The pair EURUSD go up a +0.06% a 1.1615.
Bitcoinfalls a -4.23% to $68,119.
The 10-year US bond yield falls a -0.19% a 4.140 already 30 years rises +0.34% to 4,769.
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