US Stock Market Sector Analysis – Tuesday, March 10, 2026 MIXED

A late-morning earnings tone and mixed macro headlines set the tone for the US stock market today, with travel and IT services names notably under pressure after Accenture (ACN) slid 3.7% to $197.56 and United Airlines (UAL) dropped 3.6% to $91.10 despite the CEO citing surge in bookings. The Magnificent 7 were mixed but lukewarm — NVIDIA (NVDA) added 1.2% to $184.54 while Microsoft (MSFT) lagged, down 0.9% to $404.88 — leaving the Mag 7 basket 0.4% higher on the day but still below its 50-day average by 7.4%. Sector performance was bifurcated: Chip Equipment (+2.0% today, 50d +27.5% ABOVE) and Infrastructure names like Vertiv (VRT) which rose 2.2% to $269.94 outperformed, while Airlines (-2.9% today, 50d -18.1% BELOW) and IT Services (-2.5% today, 50d -21.6% BELOW) were the primary drags.

Market Condition Dashboard

US 10-Year Treasury Yield

Wait & Watch

4.15%

stable

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Confidence

Crude Oil (WTI)

Neutral

$83.45

-11.9% 1D

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Confidence

VIX (Fear Index)

Elevated Caution

24.9

-2.2% 1D

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Confidence

200-Day Moving Average

Bullish Trend Intact

0/3 below

SPY above (+3.4%), QQQ above (+3.2%), DIA above (+3.5%)

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Confidence

Tracked Stocks Breadth (50DMA)

Healthy Uptrend

53%

36 of 68 above 50DMA · +0.0pp 5D

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Put/Call Ratio (5D)

Caution

0.85

Call-Heavy · stable

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Confidence

Signal analysis only — not investment advice

Sector Performance (Base=100)

AI and Technology Sector Analysis

The AI investment theme remains a dominant undercurrent as cloud and payments companies accelerate enterprise tooling: Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) headlines around AI for business reinforce demand for infrastructure and chip supply chain exposure. NVIDIA (NVDA) $184.54 continues to lead hardware sentiment even as the Mag 7 cluster sits below its 50-day trend; related beneficiaries such as Intel (INTC) $46.78 and ARM Holdings (ARM) $120.55 are trading up on chip supply-chain strength. Enterprise software and cybersecurity are a more cautious play today — Zscaler (ZS) $156.61 and ServiceNow (NOW) $116.61 weakness underscores near-term rotation away from stretched software multiples into more tangible AI infrastructure and data-center beneficiaries.

US Stock Sector Overview

Sector	1D	5D	20D	vs 50MA
Mag 7 (AI Spenders)	+0.4%	-0.5%	-2.4%	BELOW
Chip Supply Chain	+0.4%	+3.2%	-0.3%	ABOVE
Infrastructure	-0.3%	-0.7%	+4.6%	ABOVE
Enterprise Software	-3.1%	+0.7%	+5.6%	BELOW
Finance	-0.1%	-3.7%	-10.5%	BELOW
Healthcare	-0.8%	-1.4%	+1.0%	BELOW
Retail	-0.1%	-1.5%	+0.7%	ABOVE
IT Services	-2.5%	-2.0%	-15.3%	BELOW
Airlines	-2.9%	-8.2%	-20.9%	BELOW
Hospitality & Travel	-1.2%	+0.0%	-3.4%	BELOW
Food & Restaurant	+0.1%	+1.3%	+2.6%	ABOVE
Logistics	+0.3%	-7.4%	-7.9%	BELOW
Industrial	+1.5%	-2.1%	-2.0%	ABOVE
Cybersecurity	-1.0%	+3.9%	-1.5%	BELOW
Chip Equipment	+2.0%	-2.6%	-0.6%	ABOVE
Data Center REITs	+0.9%	-1.2%	+8.5%	ABOVE
Utilities	-0.9%	-1.4%	+4.7%	ABOVE
Energy	-1.6%	-0.5%	+0.8%	ABOVE
Defense & Aerospace	-1.4%	-1.9%	+3.2%	ABOVE
Telecom	+0.6%	-1.9%	+6.1%	ABOVE
Media & Entertainment	-0.9%	-1.7%	+5.0%	BELOW
Biotech	+0.5%	-0.4%	+2.3%	ABOVE
Materials	-0.5%	-2.0%	-0.8%	ABOVE
Analog & Embedded Chips	+0.6%	-4.5%	-12.6%	BELOW

Sector Strength

Chip Equipment +2.0% 20d: -0.6%

Applied Materials (AMAT) +2.0% (20d: +5.2%), Lam Research (LRCX) +1.9% (20d: -4.9%) [<50MA], ASML +1.9% (20d: -2.1%)

Industrial +1.5% 20d: -2.0%

Caterpillar (CAT) +1.7% (20d: -3.5%), Honeywell (HON) +1.3% (20d: -0.6%)

Data Center REITs +0.9% 20d: +8.5%

Equinix (EQIX) +1.2% (20d: +12.2%), Digital Realty (DLR) +0.7% (20d: +4.8%)

Telecom +0.6% 20d: +6.1%

AT&T (T) +0.7% (20d: +1.1%), T-Mobile (TMUS) +0.6% (20d: +10.2%), Verizon (VZ) +0.5% (20d: +7.0%)

Analog & Embedded Chips +0.6% 20d: -12.6%

Texas Instruments (TXN) +0.6% (20d: -10.6%) [<50MA], Microchip Technology (MCHP) +0.5% (20d: -14.5%) [<50MA]

Sector Warnings

Enterprise Software -3.1% 20d: +5.6%

ServiceNow (NOW) -4.4% (20d: +9.5%) [<50MA], Palantir (PLTR) -3.4% (20d: +8.3%) [<50MA], Adobe (ADBE) -2.6% (20d: +4.0%) [<50MA]

Airlines -2.9% 20d: -20.9% CRITICAL

United (UAL) -3.6% (20d: -21.7%) [<50MA], Delta (DAL) -2.2% (20d: -20.2%) [<50MA]

IT Services -2.5% 20d: -15.3% CRITICAL

Accenture (ACN) -3.7% (20d: -16.3%) [<50MA], IBM -1.2% (20d: -14.2%) [<50MA]

Energy -1.6% 20d: +0.8%

Chevron (CVX) -1.7% (20d: +3.2%), Exxon Mobil (XOM) -1.5% (20d: -1.6%)

Defense & Aerospace -1.4% 20d: +3.2%

Lockheed Martin (LMT) -1.9% (20d: +4.0%), General Dynamics (GD) -1.8% (20d: -0.9%), RTX Corp (RTX) -0.6% (20d: +6.4%)

Sector Deep Dive

Chip Equipment outperformed as Applied Materials (AMAT) climbed 2.0% to $345.45 and the sector sits comfortably above its 50-day average (+27.5% over 50d). Over the 50-day window the trend is clearly constructive; equipment order cycles tied to AI and data-center builds are visible in the 50-day strength, supporting AMAT and fellow suppliers.

Infrastructure posted mixed gains with Vertiv (VRT) up 2.2% to $269.94 and Cisco (CSCO) up 2.0% to $76.99; the infrastructure sector is +12.6% over 50 days and is ABOVE its 50MA. That 50-day tailwind suggests continued capital spending on data-center and enterprise networking work tied to AI deployments, making select infrastructure names a tactical overweight.

Enterprise Software is a clear weakness, plunging -3.1% today with ServiceNow (NOW) down 4.4% to $116.61 and Palantir (PLTR) down 3.4% to $151.14; the sector is -23.3% versus its 50-day average and is BELOW the 50MA. The steep 50-day decline and top-of-stack losers indicate persistent de-risking across software, warranting defensive posture until relative strength reappears.

Airlines and Travel deteriorated, with United Airlines (UAL) falling 3.6% to $91.10 and the Airlines sector -18.1% versus the 50-day average and trading BELOW the 50MA. Despite bullish booking commentary from UAL's CEO, the 50-day downtrend reflects macro sensitivity and raises caution for cyclical allocations until breadth improves within the sector.

Market Breadth Analysis

US stock market breadth analysis shows 13 of 24 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average, while 11 are below. The majority of sectors holding above the 50-day MA indicates healthy medium-term momentum. With 12 sectors positive over 20 days, buying pressure remains broad-based.

Interactive Charts

S&P 500 & NASDAQ 100

50-Day Sector Performance

1-Day vs 5-Day Sector Change

Active Alerts

HIGH Finance down -10.5% over 20 days

HIGH IT Services down -15.3% over 20 days

HIGH Airlines down -20.9% over 20 days

HIGH Analog & Embedded Chips down -12.6% over 20 days

HIGH Enterprise Software down -23.3% over 50 days

HIGH IT Services down -21.6% over 50 days

HIGH Airlines down -18.1% over 50 days

HIGH Cybersecurity down -17.8% over 50 days

HIGH 5 sectors declining >5% over 20 days: Finance, IT Services, Airlines, Logistics, Analog & Embedded Chips

HIGH 5 sectors declining >10% over 50 days: Enterprise Software, Healthcare, IT Services, Airlines, Cybersecurity

Stock-Level Detail

Mag 7 (AI Spenders) Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NVDA	$184.54	+1.2%	+0.9%	-2.0%	-3.0%	BELOW	0
META	$652.91	+1.0%	-2.0%	-2.5%	-1.4%	BELOW	0
AMZN	$214.33	+0.4%	-1.1%	+3.6%	-7.8%	BELOW	0
AAPL	$260.59	+0.4%	-0.6%	-4.7%	-4.5%	BELOW	0
GOOG	$306.75	+0.3%	+1.2%	-3.6%	-2.5%	BELOW	0
TSLA	$399.24	+0.1%	-1.7%	-6.1%	-16.0%	BELOW	0
MSFT	$404.88	-0.9%	+0.1%	-1.6%	-16.6%	BELOW	1

Chip Supply Chain Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
INTC	$46.78	+2.6%	+2.6%	-0.7%	+29.2%	ABOVE	0
ARM	$120.55	+2.5%	-2.9%	-4.3%	+9.3%	ABOVE	0
MRVL	$93.23	+0.7%	+19.5%	+13.8%	+8.1%	ABOVE	0
AMD	$203.23	+0.3%	+0.6%	-4.8%	-5.5%	BELOW	0
TSM	$345.31	-0.5%	-2.9%	-4.1%	+14.6%	ABOVE	1
AVGO	$341.32	-0.9%	+7.9%	+0.6%	-2.7%	ABOVE	1
QCOM	$134.70	-2.1%	-2.5%	-2.9%	-22.2%	BELOW	1

Infrastructure Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
VRT	$269.94	+2.2%	+7.5%	+35.3%	+61.2%	ABOVE	0
CSCO	$76.99	+2.0%	-3.9%	-10.0%	-0.1%	BELOW	0
SMCI	$31.79	-0.6%	-2.6%	-4.6%	+3.8%	ABOVE	1
DELL	$143.36	-1.8%	-2.2%	+14.1%	+11.8%	ABOVE	1
HPE	$20.90	-3.3%	-2.1%	-12.0%	-13.8%	BELOW	1

Enterprise Software Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CRM	$193.92	-2.0%	+0.9%	+0.8%	-26.7%	BELOW	2
ADBE	$275.13	-2.6%	+0.7%	+4.0%	-22.2%	BELOW	2
PLTR	$151.14	-3.4%	-1.3%	+8.3%	-19.9%	BELOW	2
NOW	$116.61	-4.4%	+2.4%	+9.5%	-24.2%	BELOW	2

Finance Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GS	$830.15	+0.2%	-3.9%	-11.7%	-7.6%	BELOW	0
JPM	$285.97	-0.4%	-3.6%	-9.3%	-11.6%	BELOW	1

Healthcare Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LLY	$999.63	-0.7%	-0.2%	-2.1%	-6.9%	BELOW	1
UNH	$280.74	-1.0%	-2.5%	+4.1%	-14.3%	BELOW	1

Retail Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
WMT	$124.63	+0.6%	-2.1%	-1.2%	+12.0%	ABOVE	0
COST	$995.91	-0.8%	-0.9%	+2.7%	+14.4%	ABOVE	1

IT Services Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
IBM	$248.37	-1.2%	+0.1%	-14.2%	-17.5%	BELOW	2
ACN	$197.56	-3.7%	-4.0%	-16.3%	-25.6%	BELOW	2

Airlines Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DAL	$58.97	-2.2%	-7.1%	-20.2%	-16.1%	BELOW	1
UAL	$91.10	-3.6%	-9.3%	-21.7%	-20.1%	BELOW	1

Hospitality & Travel Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MAR	$325.36	-0.9%	-3.0%	-9.1%	+3.5%	BELOW	1
BKNG	$174.43	-1.6%	+3.0%	+2.3%	-19.5%	BELOW	3

Food & Restaurant Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
SBUX	$100.18	+1.0%	+3.7%	+4.0%	+19.2%	ABOVE	0
MCD	$325.73	-0.9%	-1.1%	+1.2%	+6.1%	ABOVE	1

Logistics Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UPS	$99.25	+1.0%	-8.7%	-13.8%	+1.8%	BELOW	0
FDX	$288.58	-0.5%	-6.0%	-1.9%	+21.8%	ABOVE	1

Industrial Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CAT	$715.32	+1.7%	-2.1%	-3.5%	+23.2%	ABOVE	0
HON	$250.96	+1.3%	-2.2%	-0.6%	+22.5%	ABOVE	0

Cybersecurity Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CRWD	$109.08	+0.5%	+7.0%	+5.5%	-9.3%	ABOVE	0
PANW	$165.58	+0.3%	+4.4%	+0.0%	-12.1%	BELOW	0
ZS	$156.61	-3.7%	+0.3%	-10.2%	-32.1%	BELOW	2

Chip Equipment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
AMAT	$345.45	+2.0%	-3.3%	+5.2%	+32.2%	ABOVE
LRCX	$215.08	+1.9%	-3.5%	-4.9%	+21.0%	BELOW
ASML	$1380.39	+1.9%	-1.1%	-2.1%	+29.1%	ABOVE

Data Center REITs Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
EQIX	$951.36	+1.2%	-1.3%	+12.2%	+25.9%	ABOVE	0
DLR	$178.45	+0.7%	-1.0%	+4.8%	+16.7%	ABOVE	0

Utilities Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NEE	$90.87	-0.5%	-1.1%	+1.5%	+14.6%	ABOVE	1
SO	$95.48	-1.0%	-1.4%	+7.0%	+11.3%	ABOVE	2
DUK	$128.58	-1.1%	-1.7%	+5.8%	+11.6%	ABOVE	2

Energy Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
XOM	$147.13	-1.5%	-1.1%	-1.6%	+25.2%	ABOVE	2
CVX	$184.60	-1.7%	+0.1%	+3.2%	+25.4%	ABOVE	2

Defense & Aerospace Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
RTX	$206.14	-0.6%	-0.9%	+6.4%	+12.2%	ABOVE	2
GD	$352.40	-1.8%	-2.9%	-0.9%	+4.3%	ABOVE	2
LMT	$646.98	-1.9%	-2.0%	+4.0%	+35.5%	ABOVE	2

Telecom Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
T	$27.06	+0.7%	-4.4%	+1.1%	+13.7%	ABOVE
TMUS	$217.60	+0.6%	-0.4%	+10.2%	+9.4%	ABOVE
VZ	$49.12	+0.5%	-1.0%	+7.0%	+27.4%	ABOVE

Media & Entertainment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DIS	$100.55	-0.3%	-1.7%	-7.9%	-10.8%	BELOW	1
NFLX	$96.94	-1.4%	-1.7%	+17.9%	+2.6%	ABOVE	3

Biotech Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GILD	$146.76	+1.3%	+0.2%	+0.9%	+19.1%	ABOVE	0
AMGN	$372.62	-0.4%	-1.0%	+3.7%	+13.5%	ABOVE	1

Materials Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
APD	$271.72	+0.3%	+0.3%	-5.4%	+12.0%	ABOVE	0
LIN	$474.84	-1.2%	-4.3%	+3.8%	+12.5%	ABOVE	6

Analog & Embedded Chips Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TXN	$196.46	+0.6%	-2.4%	-10.6%	+12.4%	BELOW	0
MCHP	$65.00	+0.5%	-6.5%	-14.5%	+1.2%	BELOW	0

Key Stock Movers

Today's biggest movers by absolute percentage change: ServiceNow (NOW) (Enterprise Software) fell 4.4% to $116.61. Zscaler (ZS) (Cybersecurity) fell 3.7% to $156.61. Accenture (ACN) (IT Services) fell 3.7% to $197.56. United (UAL) (Airlines) fell 3.6% to $91.10. Palantir (PLTR) (Enterprise Software) fell 3.4% to $151.14. These individual stock movements were key drivers of their respective sector performance.

Risk and Opportunity Assessment

On the risk side, 10 high-severity alerts are currently active, signaling significant sector declines that warrant portfolio risk management attention. Consider reducing exposure to affected sectors and tightening stop-loss levels.

US Stock Market Outlook

Looking ahead, breadth is mixed: 13 sectors remain above their 50MA while 11 sit below, and active alerts flag acute stress in Enterprise Software, IT Services and Airlines across 20- and 50-day horizons. With five sectors down more than 5% over 20 days and five down more than 10% over 50 days, positioning should favor selective exposure to AI infrastructure (chip equipment, chip supply chain, data-center REITs) while maintaining defensive hedges for weak 50-day trend sectors like Enterprise Software and IT Services. Monitor alert counts and sectors above/below their 50-day averages as triggers for rebalancing — increase exposure on confirmed 50-day breakouts and trim into distribution in sectors failing the 50-day test.

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SIMULATION

Value $103,814

P&L +3.81%

Today -0.40%

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