Good morning. Stocks got off to an unsteady start to trading as Treasury yields regained some of their losses from the day before, when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to support the bond market. That, plus rising oil prices, led the Dow (^DJI), S&P 500 (^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) to decline at the open.
Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data.
Consumer Discretionary stocks (XLY) were the hardest hit, while an 8% decline in Walmart (WMT) stock after earnings weighed on Consumer Staples (XLP). Walmart's slowing sales growth number also put pressure on other defensive names, such as Costco (COST).
Energy stocks (XLE) outperformed, meanwhile, as crude oil prices rose following President Trump's threat to wage "economic warfare" on Iran, raising concerns about a reescalation in the Middle East war.
Here are some notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning: **** eX (SPCX), Walmart, Sandisk (SNDK), Alibaba (BABA), SK Hynix (SKHY), Marvell (MRVL), and CrowdStrike (CRWD).

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