{"id":49045,"date":"2025-03-17T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:02:07","slug":"stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Market Recap: Volatility and Growth on March 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default 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data-href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/#Sector_Performance\" >Sector Performance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/#Stock_Highlights\" >Stock Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/#Economic_Indicators\" >Economic Indicators<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/#Market_Volatility\" >Market Volatility<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/#Upcoming_Market_Events\" >Upcoming Market Events<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/#Weekly_Context\" >Weekly Context<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-market-recap-volatility-and-growth-on-march-17-2025\/49045\/#Investor_Insights\" >Investor Insights<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Market_Performance_Snapshot\"><\/span>Market Performance Snapshot<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The stock market displayed a complex performance on Monday, March 17, 2025. <b>The <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average rose 1.7%, closing at 41,488.19<\/b>, with significant movements across various sectors <cscitation citation_id=\"task_1__1\">Twenty-four components of the 30-stock index ended in positive territory, while six ended in negative#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Index_Breakdown\"><\/span>Index Breakdown<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/sp500\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&#038;P 500<\/a><\/b>: Advanced 2.1% to 5,638.94 points<br \/>&#8211; <b>Nasdaq Composite<\/b>: Declined 2.6% to 17,754.09 points<br \/>&#8211; <b>Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/b>: Gained 1.7% to 41,488.19 points <cscitation citation_id=\"task_1__1\">The S&#038;P 500 advanced 117.42 points, or 2.1%, to close at 5,638.94. Each of the 11 broad sectors of the benchmark index closed in the green#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sector_Performance\"><\/span>Sector Performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Top-performing sectors included:<br \/>&#8211; Technology Select Sector SPDR (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=XLK\">XLK<\/a>): +3%<br \/>&#8211; Energy Select Sector SPDR (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=XLE\">XLE<\/a>): +3%<br \/>&#8211; Financial Select Sector SPDR (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=XLF\">XLF<\/a>): +2.3% <cscitation citation_id=\"task_1__1\">The Technology Select Sector SPDR (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=XLK\">XLK<\/a>), the Energy Select Sector SPDR (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=XLE\">XLE<\/a>) and the Financial Select Sector SPDR (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=XLF\">XLF<\/a>) rose 3%, 3% and 2.3%, respectively#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stock_Highlights\"><\/span>Stock Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>NVIDIA Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>)<\/b> emerged as a standout performer, with its stock price surging 5.3% <cscitation citation_id=\"task_1__1\">The major gainer of the Dow was NVIDIA Corporation NVDA. The stock price of this computing infrastructure company rose 5.3%#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Economic_Indicators\"><\/span>Economic Indicators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Consumer sentiment showed signs of strain:<br \/>&#8211; University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment: Dropped to 57.9 in March<br \/>&#8211; Previous month&#8217;s reading: 64.7<br \/>&#8211; Indication of increased economic uncertainty <cscitation citation_id=\"task_1__1\">Per the University of Michigan, preliminary consumer sentiment for March decreased to 57.9 from 64.7 reported in February#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Market_Volatility\"><\/span>Market Volatility<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; <b>CBOE Volatility Index (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=VIX\">VIX<\/a>)<\/b>: Decreased 11.7% to 21.77<br \/>&#8211; Total shares traded: 14.64 billion (below 20-session average) <cscitation citation_id=\"task_1__1\">The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=VIX\">VIX<\/a>) decreased 11.7% to 21.77. A total of 14.64 billion shares were traded on Friday, lower than the last 20-session average of 16.56 billion#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upcoming_Market_Events\"><\/span>Upcoming Market Events<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Key dates to watch:<br \/>&#8211; <b>March 18<\/b>: Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/?stock=GTC\">GTC<\/a>)<br \/>&#8211; <b>March 19<\/b>: Federal Reserve FOMC Meeting <cscitation citation_id=\"task_2__2\">Nvidia GTC on March 17\u201321, with keynote address March 18. 2 p.m. FOMC Meeting 2 p.m. Fed Funds Target Upper Bound#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Weekly_Context\"><\/span>Weekly Context<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Recent market performance:<br \/>&#8211; Dow: Fell 3.1% in last seven trading days<br \/>&#8211; S&#038;P 500 and Nasdaq: Extended losing streaks to four weeks <cscitation citation_id=\"task_1__1\">In the last seven trading days, the Dow fell 3.1%, marking its worst week since March 2023. The S&#038;P 500 and the Nasdaq declined more than 2%, extending their losing streaks to four weeks#\/b#<\/cscitation><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Investor_Insights\"><\/span>Investor Insights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; Market showing mixed signals<br \/>&#8211; Technology and energy sectors demonstrate resilience<br \/>&#8211; NVIDIA continues to be a key performer<br \/>&#8211; Upcoming Fed meeting and tech conference crucial for market sentiment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market Performance Snapshot The stock market displayed a complex performance on Monday, March 17, 2025. 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