The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.09% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.52%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are up +0.

The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, rose over 2 percent, to about $105 a barrel on Thursday. The Brent price had fallen below $100 on Tuesday. West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, was trading around $94 a barrel.

The S&P 500 was up 0.6% early on Monday, the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average bumped up 0.3% as oil prices fell.

Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street closed lower following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike decision for the first time in three years.

Rising oil prices, fueled by ongoing conflict in the Middle East, have fanned concerns of a supply shock that could spur inflation and weigh on economic activity.

Investors started the week with a dose of relief from a sharp drop in oil prices amid a somewhat calm period in the Middle East, and that sent stocks broadly higher at the open. The oil-price drop also sent Treasury yields lower,

India, Sept. 24 -- The UK equity market faced pressure on Thursday, September 24, 2026, with the FTSE 100 falling in its initial trading sessions amid increased yields in government bonds, higher prices of crude oil,

Chevron (CVX) stock rose 1.4% as its CFO says elevated oil prices may persist, with exploration spending set to jump 50% next year.

U.S. futures were higher, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters following talks Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York ahead of the two leaders’ meeting that the U.S. had “a very successful engagement” with the Chinese side.