BUZZ-U.S. stocks weekly: Interesting times

** S&P 500 falls first time in 3 weeks, loses 0.8%, as rising interest rates weigh

** This as the Dow was braced for a big test

** And for the SPX, is it time for a turn-date tumble, or throttle up? - amid thin air, and sputtering thrust

** This, as Nasdaq futures game March Madness

, while bears may pay the NYSE Composite a visit

** Most sectors retreat: Energy and financials hit hardest, while communication services lead on plus side

** Energy slides 7.7%. Sector falls as rising inventories and concerns on vaccine rollouts dent crude prices

** Financials lose 1.7%. Banks drop Fri after Fed declines to extend leverage rule exemption . Group rose earlier in week as yield curve steepens sharply post Powell

. Insurer Chubb falls after offer to buy rival Hartford Financial for $23 bln

** Tech down 1.4%. Visa plunges Fri on report of DOJ antitrust probe over debit-card practices

** Industrials dip 0.3%. FedEx rises on pandemic-fueled earnings beat . Airlines jump as vaccine-led recovery continues

** Communication services tick up 0.5%. Facebook

gains Fri after report Zuckerberg says Apple Inc's

imminent privacy policy changes will leave FB in "stronger position"

** Meanwhile, U.S. 10-year yield nears Goldman's year-end target of 1.9%, and it's only March

** SPX performance YTD:

(Lance Tupper and Terence Gabriel are Reuters market analysts. The views expressed are their own)

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