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Daily Digest DOWNASDAQS&P 500RUSSELL 2000 Weekend Brief: Oil surges on escalating Iran conflict resetting Fed rate-cut bets as markets brace for volatile week after four straight declines - Iran conflict enters a fourth week with an Iranian strike on a distant US-UK base and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz underscoring long-range missile risk and supply concerns - Crude (CL) spikes with WTI trading near the high-$90s to low-$110s and Brent (QA) above the low-$110s, while negative West Texas gas prices highlight severe regional supply mismatches - Surging fuel costs pressure airlines, with United Airlines (UAL) cutting flights and warning of higher expenses tied to the jump in crude prices - Higher oil prices lift energy stocks and set up renewed sector leadership even as airlines and broader US equity indices face elevated volatility after four consecutive weekly declines - Asian equity markets have already sold off on higher energy import costs, signaling caution for the US open - The oil shock has flipped bond market expectations for 2026 Federal Reserve rate cuts, contributing to renewed Wall Street anxiety over policy and growth - Software and broader tech shares are increasingly viewed as bargain territory in the wake of recent declines and shifting sector leadership toward energy - Rising gasoline prices are drawing more investor focus to used EVs and electric vehicles as potential beneficiaries of the fuel shock - Monday’s lighter US data slate includes January construction spending at 10 a.m. ET, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow estimate, and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index, with Lufax (LU) among the few notable earnings reports and energy, airlines, and software flagged as key sectors to monitor

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