Stock Futures Reverse Early Losses after Biden, Putin Agree 'in Principle' to Summit

Dow Jones2022-02-21

U.S stock-index futures bounced back from early-session losses Sunday after an announcement that President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to a summit to ease tensions over Ukraine.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures , S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures fell sharply to start Sunday's trading session, but recovered and entered positive territory following news of the potential summit. Dow futures, once down nearly 100 points Sunday, were last up 161 points.

Oil prices initially jumped near $93 a barrel before reversing course following the announcement, but West Texas intermediate crude was last down to around $90.50 a barrel. A potential war between Russia and Ukraine could send oil prices over $100 a barrel, analysts have warned.

Late Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron's office said that Biden and Putin have agreed "in principle" to a summit in the coming weeks, after a series of conversations with the French leader, but only if Russia does not invade Ukraine

The U.S. confirmed the announcement. "President Biden accepted in principle a meeting with President Putin ... again, if an invasion hasn't happened. We are always ready for diplomacy," White House press secretary Jen Psaski said Sunday night.

That sharply defused tensions that had ratcheted higher earlier Sunday after Russia reneged on a pledge to withdraw tens of thousands of troops from neighboring Belarus at the conclusion of military exercises. U.S. officials said Sunday that Russia has decided to invade Ukraine, based on intelligence that field commanders have been given final to prepare for an attack.

Read:What a Russian invasion of Ukraine would mean for the stock market, oil and other assets

The U.S. and its Western allies have vowed to impose tough sanctions against Russia if it invades, and Russia could retaliate by cutting oil and gas exports. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris warned that U.S. consumers could be affected, paying higher energy prices.

Stocks have fallen for two consecutive weeks amid fears of a land war in Europe combined with rising inflation and the likelihood of multiple hikes in interest rates.

On Friday, the Dow dropped 232.85 points, or 0.7%, to close at 34,079.18; the S&P 500 index fell 31.39 points, or 0.7%, to end at 4,348.87; and the Nasdaq Composite Index declined 168.65 points, or 1.2%, to finish at 13,548.07, forming a bearish "death cross" chart for the first time in two years.

For the week, the Dow dropped 1.9%, the S&P 500 fell 1.6% and the Nasdaq declined 1.8%.

U.S. markets will be closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day.

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Comments

  • PearlynCSY
    2022-02-22
    PearlynCSY
    Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine after announcing Monday evening that he would recognize their independence. But the fall of the US stock indices is much more than the Ukraine crisis. It is the triple whammy of 40-year high inflation, interest rate hikes and FED tapering her bloated balance sheet
  • Kitsonlin
    2022-02-21
    Kitsonlin
    Afternoon
  • 88wlam88
    2022-02-21
    88wlam88
    PEACE NO WAR will benefit ALL
  • Derrick3388
    2022-02-21
    Derrick3388
    best 2 male actors [Facepalm] 
  • Jeg
    2022-02-21
    Jeg
    Hmm.
  • BullishKing
    2022-02-21
    BullishKing
    I miss Trump.
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