Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures sell off as oil prices surge to over $110

March 9, 2026

LIVE Updated 26 mins ago

US stock futures tumbled on Monday as oil prices surged past the $100-a-barrel mark and investors braced for the next development in a still-escalating Middle East war.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) were down 1.5% after plunging 1,000 points overnight. Contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) sank roughly 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively. All three indexes were recovering slightly from deeper losses above 2% in earlier hours.

Oil prices were coming off earlier highs after spiking around 25% late Sunday as the conflict in Iran spurred countries to cut output, already curbed as the Strait of Hormuz shipping corridor remained shuttered. Kuwait confirmed production cuts but did not specify the scale, while output in Iraq is reported to have plunged about 70%.

Amid that supply crunch, ministers from the G7 top economies will discuss a possible joint release of petroleum from IEA reserves, per the Financial Times. The US and two other countries are said to back the move, which aims to mitigate the impact of soaring oil prices.

West Texas Intermediate (CL=F) crude futures were trading at around $103 a barrel, while global benchmark Brent (BZ=F) futures changed hands above $107. Both were about 15% higher.

The sell-off in stocks followed a bruising stretch last week, which saw the Dow (^DJI) lose roughly 3%, marking its steepest weekly drop since tariff concerns from the Trump administration rattled markets in April 2025. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) slid about 2%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) finished down over 1%.

Looking to domestic economic reports, investors will be watching closely for Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index and Friday’s Personal Consumption Expenditures index readings, though both won’t capture the effect of oil’s dramatic recent surge on price pressures just yet.

On the corporate front, earnings season continues with results from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) expected after Monday’s closing bell. Reports from Oracle (ORCL), Adobe (ADBE), and Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) are scheduled in the week ahead.

LIVE 7 updates

  • Optimism for a quick resolution of the conflict in the Middle East is rapidly ebbing in financial markets.

    Bloomberg reports:

    Read more here.

  • The Financial Times reports:

    G7 finance ministers will discuss a possible joint release of petroleum from reserves co-ordinated by the International Energy Agency, in an emergency meeting on Monday aimed at tackling the surge in oil prices following the conflict in the Gulf.

    The ministers and Fatih Birol, IEA executive director, will hold a call at 8.30am New York time to discuss the impact of the Iran war, according to people familiar with the situation, including a senior G7 official.

    Three G7 countries, including the US, have so far expressed support for the idea, according to the people familiar with the talks.

    The 32 members of the IEA hold strategic reserves as part of a collective emergency system designed for oil price crises. One person said some US officials believe a joint release in the range of 300mn-400mn barrels — 25 to 30 per cent of the 1.2bn barrels in the reserve — would be appropriate.

    Read more here (premium subscribers)

  • Veteran strategist Chris Rupkey has this solid new hot take on the oil surge below.

    I would say his view is still far from the consensus (we go into a recession because of the Iran situation), But we should be on the lookout for commentary like this in the next few days:

  • Goldman Sachs’ new call on oil already looks outdated, given the outsized move in prices we have seen since last night.

  • Major gauges across Asia fell upwards of 5% as the US-Israeli war with Iran was seen to cause global instability. The drops have been driven by surging oil prices, a potential indicator of an incoming recession, accro

    AP Finance reports:

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  • Bloomberg reports:

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  • Yahoo Finance’s Jake Conley reports:

    Read more here.

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