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John Bishop works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
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U.S. stocks are slipping as oil prices rise further, but the moves are less severe than earlier in the week. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Thursday, coming off a frenetic start to the week that saw financial markets worldwide swerve sharply, sometimes hour by hour. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 256 points, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.2%. Oil prices rose another 3% to 4% after the latest escalations in the war with Iran. Treasury yields also continued their sharp rises in the bond market on worries that higher inflation could keep the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates.
