US Stock Market Sector Analysis – Friday, March 13, 2026 MIXED

Meta May Cut 20% workforce and an aggressive push into costly AI data center spending led today’s headlines and pressured the US stock market, with Mag 7 stocks collectively down -1.7% for the day. Enterprise Software led weakness after Salesforce (CRM) fell -3.2% to $191.85 and Adobe (ADBE) plunged -7.6% to $249.32, contributing to a 125-point Dow drop noted in the tape. Chip names were mixed as NVIDIA (NVDA) slid -1.6% to $180.04 while Broadcom (AVGO) dragged the chip supply chain lower with a -4.1% move to $320.98. Sector analysis shows 9 sectors up, 9 down and a split 11 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average versus 13 below.

Market Condition Dashboard

US 10-Year Treasury Yield

Wait & Watch

4.28%

stable

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Confidence

Crude Oil (WTI)

Caution

$98.71

+3.1% 1D

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Confidence

VIX (Fear Index)

Elevated Caution

27.2

-0.4% 1D

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Confidence

200-Day Moving Average

Bullish Trend Intact

0/3 below

SPY above (+0.9%), QQQ above (+0.6%), DIA above (+0.9%)

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Confidence

Tracked Stocks Breadth (50DMA)

Add Cash

44%

30 of 68 above 50DMA · -1.5pp 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 is under scrutiny as the Magnificent 7 display uneven leadership: NVIDIA (NVDA) $180.04 and Microsoft (MSFT) $394.70 remain central to model compute demand but are trading below their 50-day positions, signaling short-term consolidation. Chip supply chain names such as Broadcom (AVGO) $320.98 (-4.1%) underscore sensitivity to sentiment around infrastructure spending, while enterprise software stalls—Salesforce (CRM) $191.85 and Adobe (ADBE) $249.32—highlighting that software vendors are feeling earnings and guidance pressure even as capex for data centers continues to grow. Investors should distinguish durable infrastructure winners from cyclical software exposures within the AI thesis.

US Stock Sector Overview

Sector	1D	5D	20D	vs 50MA
Mag 7 (AI Spenders)	-1.7%	-2.8%	-1.7%	BELOW
Chip Supply Chain	-0.7%	-3.8%	-2.9%	BELOW
Infrastructure	-0.2%	-0.1%	+7.4%	ABOVE
Enterprise Software	-3.0%	-6.3%	+4.3%	BELOW
Finance	-0.2%	-4.1%	-9.7%	BELOW
Healthcare	+1.3%	-1.7%	-4.2%	BELOW
Retail	+0.7%	+1.0%	-3.2%	ABOVE
IT Services	-0.1%	-4.4%	-9.2%	BELOW
Airlines	+0.8%	-5.7%	-17.7%	BELOW
Hospitality & Travel	-0.1%	-4.5%	-4.2%	BELOW
Food & Restaurant	-0.1%	-1.0%	+3.0%	ABOVE
Logistics	-0.6%	-2.7%	-11.6%	BELOW
Industrial	-0.2%	-1.4%	-6.4%	ABOVE
Cybersecurity	+0.3%	-0.8%	-3.5%	BELOW
Chip Equipment	+0.7%	+0.1%	-5.9%	BELOW
Data Center REITs	+0.0%	+1.7%	+1.0%	ABOVE
Utilities	+0.8%	+1.1%	+2.5%	ABOVE
Energy	+0.8%	+3.8%	+6.7%	ABOVE
Defense & Aerospace	-0.5%	-2.5%	+1.1%	ABOVE
Telecom	+1.4%	+0.8%	+0.3%	ABOVE
Media & Entertainment	+0.5%	-2.7%	+9.1%	BELOW
Biotech	-0.0%	-1.7%	-3.4%	ABOVE
Materials	-0.1%	+3.7%	+3.0%	ABOVE
Analog & Embedded Chips	-0.4%	-3.7%	-18.2%	BELOW

Sector Strength

Telecom +1.4% 20d: +0.3%

Verizon (VZ) +1.5% (20d: +4.8%), T-Mobile (TMUS) +1.4% (20d: -0.5%), AT&T (T) +1.2% (20d: -3.4%)

Healthcare +1.3% 20d: -4.2%

UnitedHealth (UNH) +1.8% (20d: -3.0%) [<50MA], Eli Lilly (LLY) +0.8% (20d: -5.3%) [<50MA]

Energy +0.8% 20d: +6.7%

Exxon Mobil (XOM) +1.7% (20d: +5.2%), Chevron (CVX) -0.1% (20d: +8.2%)

Utilities +0.8% 20d: +2.5%

NextEra Energy (NEE) +1.1% (20d: -0.4%), Duke Energy (DUK) +1.0% (20d: +3.9%), Southern Co (SO) +0.2% (20d: +4.0%)

Airlines +0.8% 20d: -17.7%

Delta (DAL) +1.4% (20d: -14.6%) [<50MA], United (UAL) +0.1% (20d: -20.8%) [<50MA]

Sector Warnings

Enterprise Software -3.0% 20d: +4.3%

Adobe (ADBE) -7.6% (20d: -5.5%) [<50MA], Salesforce (CRM) -3.2% (20d: +1.6%) [<50MA], Palantir (PLTR) -1.7% (20d: +14.9%) [<50MA]

Mag 7 (AI Spenders) -1.7% 20d: -1.7%

Meta (META) -3.8% (20d: -4.1%) [<50MA], Apple (AAPL) -2.2% (20d: -2.2%) [<50MA], NVIDIA (NVDA) -1.6% (20d: -1.4%) [<50MA]

Chip Supply Chain -0.7% 20d: -2.9%

Broadcom (AVGO) -4.1% (20d: -0.9%) [<50MA], AMD -2.2% (20d: -6.7%) [<50MA], Qualcomm (QCOM) -1.0% (20d: -7.1%) [<50MA]

Logistics -0.6% 20d: -11.6% CRITICAL

UPS -0.7% (20d: -17.3%) [<50MA], FedEx (FDX) -0.4% (20d: -5.8%)

Defense & Aerospace -0.5% 20d: +1.1%

Lockheed Martin (LMT) -1.0% (20d: -0.5%), General Dynamics (GD) -1.0% (20d: +1.1%) [<50MA], RTX Corp (RTX) +0.7% (20d: +2.6%)

Sector Deep Dive

Enterprise Software shows acute stress after today’s moves: Salesforce (CRM) $191.85 slipped -3.2% and Adobe (ADBE) $249.32 plunged -7.6%, leaving the sector down -3.0% on the day and -6.3% over five days with a deeply negative 50-day trend of -24.2% vs its 50MA. The 50-day window reveals sustained distribution—Enterprise Software is on the active alerts list for a 50-day decline—suggesting risk for long-duration software multiples until visibility on AI-related ROI and cost cuts improves.

Chip Supply Chain and Chip Equipment are diverging but showing vulnerability: Broadcom (AVGO) $320.98 led losses in the supply chain with a -4.1% drop while Chip Equipment finished +0.7% on the day yet remains -5.9% over 20 days and is trading below its 50-day trend at +27.7% over 50 days but flagged BELOW the 50MA. Over the 50-day window, supply chain names are teetering near support as investors reprice the timing of AI capex, making selective exposure to proven margins and backlog visibility critical.

Energy continues to buck the weak tape, with Energy up +0.8% for the day and showing the strongest 50-day positioning at +30.5% above its 50MA; Exxon Mobil (XOM) $155.07 gained +1.7% and remains a relative outperformer. The 50-day trend confirms the sector’s leadership in a market rotating away from growth cyclicality, offering tactical exposure to dividend-bearing names that benefit from resilient commodity dynamics and improving cash flow profiles.

Healthcare and Telecom present defensive options amid the market’s uneven breadth: UnitedHealth (UNH) $280.49 led gainers with +1.8% as Healthcare sits +1.3% on the day but is -11.0% over 50 days and flagged BELOW its 50MA, while Verizon (VZ) $49.77 added +1.5% with Telecom +1.4% and +16.3% above its 50MA. The 50-day context suggests telecoms retain healthier technical footing for income-focused positioning, while healthcare requires stock-level selection given mixed 50-day performance.

Market Breadth Analysis

US stock market breadth analysis shows 11 of 24 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average, while 13 are below. With the majority of sectors below the 50-day MA, medium-term momentum is deteriorating. The 20-day breadth shows 14 sectors in negative territory, pointing to widespread selling pressure.

Interactive Charts

S&P 500 & NASDAQ 100

50-Day Sector Performance

1-Day vs 5-Day Sector Change

Active Alerts

HIGH Airlines down -17.7% over 20 days

HIGH Logistics down -11.6% over 20 days

HIGH Analog & Embedded Chips down -18.2% over 20 days

HIGH Enterprise Software down -24.2% over 50 days

HIGH IT Services down -21.5% over 50 days

HIGH Airlines down -18.8% over 50 days

HIGH Cybersecurity down -15.6% over 50 days

HIGH 7 sectors declining >5% over 20 days: Finance, IT Services, Airlines, Logistics, Industrial, Chip Equipment, Analog & Embedded Chips

HIGH 6 sectors declining >10% over 50 days: Enterprise Software, Finance, 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
GOOG	$301.28	-0.6%	-1.5%	-1.4%	-3.9%	BELOW	2
AMZN	$207.67	-0.9%	-2.7%	+4.5%	-10.0%	BELOW	3
TSLA	$391.20	-1.0%	-1.9%	-6.3%	-13.0%	BELOW	2
MSFT	$394.70	-1.6%	-3.4%	-1.2%	-18.0%	BELOW	4
NVDA	$180.04	-1.6%	-1.3%	-1.4%	-3.3%	BELOW	2
AAPL	$249.89	-2.2%	-3.8%	-2.2%	-7.9%	BELOW	3
META	$612.62	-3.8%	-5.2%	-4.1%	-7.0%	BELOW	2

Chip Supply Chain Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
INTC	$45.77	+1.1%	+0.4%	-2.2%	+24.0%	BELOW	0
ARM	$115.75	+0.5%	-1.6%	-7.6%	+5.9%	BELOW	0
TSM	$336.57	+0.5%	-3.0%	-7.7%	+11.3%	BELOW	0
MRVL	$87.79	+0.2%	-5.2%	+11.8%	+3.5%	ABOVE	0
QCOM	$129.34	-1.0%	-6.0%	-7.1%	-23.6%	BELOW	4
AMD	$193.39	-2.2%	-4.6%	-6.7%	-9.7%	BELOW	2
AVGO	$320.98	-4.1%	-6.8%	-0.9%	-6.9%	BELOW	4

Infrastructure Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DELL	$151.15	+1.1%	+3.5%	+29.0%	+21.0%	ABOVE	0
CSCO	$77.62	+0.8%	+2.8%	+1.9%	+2.2%	ABOVE	0
HPE	$21.38	+0.0%	-1.1%	-4.9%	-10.2%	BELOW	0
SMCI	$30.75	-0.5%	-3.8%	+0.7%	+5.1%	BELOW	2
VRT	$258.76	-2.4%	-2.1%	+10.4%	+59.8%	ABOVE	3

Enterprise Software Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NOW	$113.62	+0.6%	-6.8%	+6.1%	-25.8%	BELOW	0
PLTR	$150.95	-1.7%	-3.5%	+14.9%	-15.1%	BELOW	1
CRM	$191.85	-3.2%	-3.0%	+1.6%	-27.2%	BELOW	1
ADBE	$249.32	-7.6%	-11.7%	-5.5%	-28.8%	BELOW	5

Finance Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
JPM	$280.73	+0.2%	-2.2%	-6.3%	-11.6%	BELOW	0
GS	$778.78	-0.7%	-6.0%	-13.1%	-10.5%	BELOW	3

Healthcare Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UNH	$280.49	+1.8%	-1.1%	-3.0%	-13.9%	BELOW	0
LLY	$983.39	+0.8%	-2.3%	-5.3%	-8.2%	BELOW	0

Retail Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
WMT	$126.02	+0.9%	+1.8%	-5.5%	+13.6%	ABOVE	0
COST	$1006.97	+0.5%	+0.3%	-1.0%	+17.1%	ABOVE	0

IT Services Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
ACN	$192.68	+0.3%	-6.1%	-12.3%	-26.7%	BELOW	0
IBM	$244.48	-0.6%	-2.8%	-6.1%	-16.4%	BELOW	5

Airlines Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DAL	$58.48	+1.4%	-3.0%	-14.6%	-15.1%	BELOW	0
UAL	$86.60	+0.1%	-8.4%	-20.8%	-22.6%	BELOW	0

Hospitality & Travel Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
BKNG	$169.22	+0.6%	-4.5%	+2.7%	-20.6%	BELOW	0
MAR	$313.19	-0.8%	-4.6%	-11.2%	+1.3%	BELOW	2

Food & Restaurant Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MCD	$324.26	+0.8%	-1.3%	+0.2%	+7.4%	ABOVE	0
SBUX	$98.57	-1.0%	-0.6%	+5.7%	+18.5%	ABOVE	2

Logistics Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
FDX	$282.32	-0.4%	-2.6%	-5.8%	+22.2%	ABOVE	2
UPS	$95.60	-0.7%	-2.7%	-17.3%	-0.6%	BELOW	3

Industrial Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
HON	$244.59	+0.5%	-1.3%	-2.4%	+20.8%	ABOVE	0
CAT	$692.67	-1.0%	-1.5%	-10.4%	+21.4%	ABOVE	3

Cybersecurity Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
ZS	$153.76	+1.4%	-5.4%	-13.5%	-31.6%	BELOW	0
CRWD	$110.44	+0.1%	+1.8%	+2.8%	-5.8%	ABOVE	0
PANW	$167.02	-0.7%	+1.2%	+0.0%	-9.3%	BELOW	1

Chip Equipment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LRCX	$212.05	+1.3%	+0.5%	-9.8%	+24.1%	BELOW	0
AMAT	$341.11	+1.3%	+0.8%	-3.6%	+33.1%	ABOVE	0
ASML	$1342.76	-0.4%	-0.9%	-4.3%	+25.9%	BELOW	2

Data Center REITs Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DLR	$178.42	+0.2%	+0.7%	-0.1%	+16.9%	ABOVE	0
EQIX	$965.13	-0.2%	+2.6%	+2.0%	+27.3%	ABOVE	2

Utilities Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
NEE	$92.11	+1.1%	+0.8%	-0.4%	+16.4%	ABOVE
DUK	$132.01	+1.0%	+1.6%	+3.9%	+14.6%	ABOVE
SO	$97.21	+0.2%	+0.8%	+4.0%	+13.3%	ABOVE

Energy Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
XOM	$155.07	+1.7%	+3.8%	+5.2%	+30.6%	ABOVE	0
CVX	$195.03	-0.1%	+3.9%	+8.2%	+30.4%	ABOVE	1

Defense & Aerospace Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
RTX	$203.67	+0.7%	-1.8%	+2.6%	+11.9%	ABOVE	0
GD	$348.36	-1.0%	-2.9%	+1.1%	+4.8%	BELOW	1
LMT	$641.80	-1.0%	-2.7%	-0.5%	+34.3%	ABOVE	1

Telecom Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
VZ	$49.77	+1.5%	+1.8%	+4.8%	+28.3%	ABOVE
TMUS	$216.22	+1.4%	-0.1%	-0.5%	+7.6%	ABOVE
T	$27.07	+1.2%	+0.7%	-3.4%	+12.9%	ABOVE

Media & Entertainment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NFLX	$95.31	+1.1%	-3.1%	+24.0%	+1.7%	ABOVE	0
DIS	$98.53	-0.1%	-2.3%	-5.8%	-12.7%	BELOW	4

Biotech Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GILD	$144.04	+0.4%	-0.6%	-5.9%	+18.8%	ABOVE	0
AMGN	$363.47	-0.4%	-2.9%	-0.8%	+12.7%	ABOVE	2

Materials Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LIN	$492.36	+0.7%	+2.5%	+3.0%	+16.2%	ABOVE	0
APD	$284.42	-0.9%	+4.9%	+2.9%	+17.4%	ABOVE	1

Analog & Embedded Chips Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TXN	$189.82	+0.4%	-2.8%	-15.6%	+10.7%	BELOW	0
MCHP	$61.63	-1.3%	-4.7%	-20.7%	-2.2%	BELOW	2

Key Stock Movers

Today's biggest movers by absolute percentage change: Adobe (ADBE) (Enterprise Software) fell 7.6% to $249.32. Broadcom (AVGO) (Chip Supply Chain) fell 4.1% to $320.98. Meta (META) (Mag 7 (AI Spenders)) fell 3.8% to $612.62. Salesforce (CRM) (Enterprise Software) fell 3.2% to $191.85. Vertiv (VRT) (Infrastructure) fell 2.4% to $258.76. These individual stock movements were key drivers of their respective sector performance.

Risk and Opportunity Assessment

On the risk side, 9 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

Momentum is fragile heading into the close and tomorrow with 7 sectors down >5% over 20 days and 6 sectors down >10% over 50 days on the active alert board, underscoring breadth deterioration even as 11 sectors trade above their 50MA and 13 below. Watch market-alert counts and the number of sectors above their 50-day moving average as a pulse on risk-on sentiment; the S&P 500’s internals favor selective defense and rotation into energy, telecom and data-center REITs while trimming exposure to stressed Enterprise Software, IT Services and Airlines given their negative 50-day trends. Positioning guidance: favor high-quality infrastructure and energy exposure for income and durability, reduce directionally riskier software and chip supply chain names until 50-day trends stabilize.

Hypothetical Portfolio

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Value $102,425

P&L +2.43%

Today -0.18%

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