Dow, S&P 500 Set To Snap 4-Day Skid As Oil, Bond Yields Cool

Stocks are buzzing to start the new week, as investors breathe a sigh of relief over cooling oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up 523 points, while the S&P 500 eyes its largest single-session gain since Feb. 6. Both indexes are set to snap four-day losing streaks.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) is also confidently higher as bond yields move lower, with the 10-year Treasury yield last seen at 4.2%. Wall Street's "fear gauge," the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) is heading for its fifth loss in the last six days. 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA) stock is seeing an uptick in options volume today. At last look, 25,000 calls have changed hands, volume that's 15 times the average intraday amount and more than triple the number of puts exchanged. The September 41- and 30-strike calls are the most popular, with spread activity detected per Trade-Alert. TEVA is up 1.7% to trade at $29.07 today, trying to regain its 100-day moving average.

Upstart Holdings Inc (UPST) stock is near the top of the Nasdaq today, up 5.4% to trade at $27.96 after BTIG upgraded the fintech to "buy" from "neutral." The analyst in coverage is bullish on the AI-driven lender's bank charter application. UPST is down 36.2% in 2026 and fell to a more than one-year low of $25.60 on March 2.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) is near the bottom of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) this afternoon, down 4.7% to trade at $123.68. Fertilizer stocks across the board are lower, as investors take profits from last week's frenetic price action. CF added 16.3% on March 6, marking its best weekly gain since April 2020. The shares hit a record high of $137.44 on March 12, and are still 59% higher year to date.