Market Update: KR, ROK, SMCI, LYB

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Mar 20, 2026

Summary

Stocks are little astatine midday connected Friday, connected way to publication a 4th consecutive losing week. Meanwhile, the U.S./Israeli warfare with Iran shows small motion of calming, with ongoing attacks passim the Middle East. The lawsuit is starring to friction betwixt the U.S. and its allies arsenic the semipermanent planetary interaction connected vigor markets grows by the day. At the precise least, uncertainty and volatility are precocious -- 2 catalysts that equity investors dislike. From a method perspective, the large indices are each establishing residency nether their 200-day moving averages. The past clip the indices mislaid their 200-day was successful the archetypal portion of March 2025, during the tariff tantrum. In different marketplace news, stocks indispensable contend with a quadruple witching lawsuit contiguous (the quarterly