I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall.

It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand.

That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI.

Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, March 6th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks fell today. After a week, jobs Report, showed an unexpected drop in jobs for February.

The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%. The NASDAQ led the declines, dropping 1.6%. The S&P 500

was down 1.3% and the Dow was down 1%. Meanwhile, crude oil prices surged above $90 a barrel.

Escalating military conflict in the Middle East drove oil to record weekly gains.

Among individual companies, Marvell Technology shares surged over 18%.

Strong demand for artificial intelligence and upbeat revenue projections fueled the rally.

Costco wholesale shares added 1.6%.

The discount retailer posted strong quarterly results, driven by product sales and membership fees.

Nike shares dropped nearly 2% after the company announced a $300 million charge related to cutting costs and laying off workers.

And Gap shares skidded 14% following the company's latest quarterly report.

Declining sales for its Athleta brand dented the clothing retailer's results.

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that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

We'll have a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

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