Stocks Drop but Pare Deeper Early Losses
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:18.8 | Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, March 3rd. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:25.6 | U.S. stocks finished lower today, but the indexes recovered from much deeper early losses. The Dow paired a drop of over 1,200 points to close down just 400 points or 0.8%. The S&P 500 fell 0.9%, and the NASDAQ was down 1%. |
| 0:43.2 | Middle East tensions drove global oil prices higher before a late-day moderation. Rising energy costs |
| 0:49.9 | also pushed treasury yields upward. Among individual companies, Target shares rose nearly 7% |
| 0:57.0 | even after the retailer posted lower quarterly profits. Investors are now awaiting a new turnaround |
| 1:02.6 | plan from the new chief executive. Best Buy stock jumped 7% following a report of strong |
| 1:09.0 | adjusted earnings. This gain came despite a disappointing outlook |
| 1:12.7 | and weak quarterly sales. Pinterest shares surged over 9%. Elliott Investment Management invested |
| 1:19.7 | $1 billion in the social media platform to help it repurchase shares. Zip Davis stock |
| 1:25.9 | soared 48% after the digital media and internet company agreed to |
| 1:30.0 | sell its connectivity division to Accenture for $1.2 billion. MongoDB shares fell over 22% after the |
| 1:39.0 | database company issued soft quarterly guidance. Investors are concerned that artificial intelligence could eventually |
| 1:45.2 | upend the company's core business. And CRETO technology shares dropped almost 15%. The data |
| 1:51.6 | center connectivity company issued guidance that failed to meet investor expectations. |
| 1:56.7 | Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor. |
| 2:05.8 | We'll have a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast. |
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