The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.55%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.82%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.50%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) are down -0.48%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) are down -0.40%.
Stocks are under pressure today after US Feb producer prices rose more than expected, a sign of sticky price pressures. Stocks added to their losses today after WTI crude oil prices (CLJ26) whipsawed higher by more than +2% after initially being down more than -2% on signs of escalation of the Iran war after Iran said it will target energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE in retaliation for US and Israeli airstrikes on its South Pars gas field and its Asaluyeh oil industry facilities.
