Another climb for oil prices sent the U.S. stock market sharply lower, as hopes collapsed for a possible cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Friday to close its fourth straight losing week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 2%.
The losses deepened after oil prices erased an early loss and accelerated in the afternoon. Treasury yields jumped as traders speculated the Fed won’t be able to cut rates this year because of how high oil prices have climbed.
On Friday:
The S&P 500 fell 100.01 points, or 1.5%, to 6,506.48.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 443.96 points, or 1%, to 45,577.47.
The Nasdaq composite fell 443.08 points, or 2%, to 21,647.61.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 56.26 points, or 2.3% to 2,438.45.
For the week:
Recommended for you
The S&P 500 is down 125.71 points, or 1.9%.
The Dow is down 981 points, or 2.1%.
The Nasdaq is down 457.75 points, or 2.1%.
The Russell 2000 is down 41.60 points, or 1.7%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 339.02 points, or 5%.
The Dow is down 2,485.82 points, or 5.2%.
The Nasdaq is down 1,594.38 points, or 6.9%.
The Russell 2000 is down 43.46 points, or 1.8%.
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.