Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Edge Up, What to Watch — Live Updates

Markets are stabilizing this morning after a wild week, with oil prices and government bond yields retreating and U.S. stock futures edging up.

Brent crude futures fell to trade around $98 a barrel after surging past $101 yesterday. That’s helping ease pressure on government bond yields, which also jumped yesterday amid concerns that higher energy prices could reignite inflation.

U.S. stock futures are mostly higher, with the exception of the tech-focused Nasdaq-100, which is swinging between small gains and losses. After yesterday’s close, chipmaker Intel gave an encouraging look at the AI trade, reporting results that crushed Wall Street forecasts. Its shares are gaining premarket.

Even so, markets remain on fragile footing. Brent crude futures are up another 12% this week, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are both heading for their first back-to-back weekly losses since March. Investors are bracing for potential escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict after President Trump told Axios yesterday that he is considering a massive attack that would be “bigger than ever before.”