More than half of the S&P 500 industry sectors are in correction territory. How much longer until the index itself succumbs?

More than half of the S&P 500 industry sectors are in correction territory. How much longer until the index itself succumbs?Listen(2 min)Listen(2 min)The S&P 500’s slide in March has the widely followed U.S. equities benchmark approaching correction territory, after more than half of the index’s industries already landed there.The U.S. stock market has suffered steep losses this month amid the Iran conflict and on related worries over high oil prices, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling into correction territory on Friday. That’s just a day after the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP entered a correction, defined as a drop of at least 10% from a recent peak. About the AuthorChristine Idzelis is a markets reporter at MarketWatch and is based in New York.A Dow Jones CompanyCopyright © 2026 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved.