Dow Jones leads modest retreat as Wall Street aloof to Iran war

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AnalystMarkets analysis

Why it matters

The Dow Jones led a modest retreat on Wall Street, with the index down 0.65% as investors remained relatively calm in the face of potential conflict in Iran.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 70% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 70% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source Yahoo Finance
Claim Dow Jones leads modest retreat as Wall Street aloof to Iran war
Affected assets DOW, NASDAQ
AI inference Bearish · 70%
Generated 2026-03-02 15:00

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Model id
llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
52056
Timeframe
6h

Prediction lifecycle

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) NASDAQ Bearish 70% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Withdrawn: frozen reference price: 22716.13000000 is the reference price on 569 NASDAQ predictions spanning 32 days, so it cannot have been the market price at each of them

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) DOW Bearish 70% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Withdrawn: frozen reference price: 47417.27000000 is the reference price on 676 DOW predictions spanning 32 days, so it cannot have been the market price at each of them

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Original source

10am: Wall Street starts with modest falls Initial trading in New York was less pessimistic than in Europe, with losses for the main US indices considerably smaller in initial trades. The Dow Jones is the worst, down 0.65%, followed by the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both falling...

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on March 2, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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