Stock Market Today: Dow Set to Rise as Oil Hits 3-Year High, Treasury Yields Pop - Barron's

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Oil prices hit three-year highs Monday.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was set for a higher open Monday morning as bond yields rose and oil prices climbed to their highest level in three years.  

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 63 points, or 0.2%. It wasn’t all good news, however, as S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite futures were down 0.1% and 0.55%, respectively.

Rising Treasury yields—the 10-year has ticked up 0.026 percentage points to 1.487%—help explain the divergence. Last week, the Fed signaled that it is nearly ready to reduce, or taper, the amount in bonds it is purchasing a month, and markets are also taking potential hikes to interest rates in stride, betting that such a move won’t disrupt the economic recovery. Value stocks, which tend to be more economically sensitive than fast-growing stocks like many in the technology space, are gaining Monday, and help to explain the Dow’s outperformance.

International oil benchmark Brent futures were changing hands at three-year highs, up 1.5% to $78.41 a barrel. U.S. oil futures similarly rose to $75.15.

“This move has real momentum behind it, as well as solid fundamental rationale as oil markets tighten,” said Neil Wilson, an analyst at broker Markets.com. “The tightness in the physical market means inventories are being drawn down around the world.”

Overseas, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed just below flat. Troubled China Evergrande may not survive its own financial woes, but the People’s Bank of China has already injected tens of billions of dollars into the banking system, making it clear that it will not allow contagion. 

Germany’s DAX rose 0.8%, outperforming other European indexes, after weekend election results showed the center-left Social Democrats pulling ahead, giving leader Olaf Scholz the mandate to form a government.

Also read: The Stock Market Has Put China Evergrande Concerns Behind It. Why That’s a Mistake.

Here are 12 stocks on the move Monday:

With oil prices rising, oil producers Occidental Petroleum (ticker: OXY) and APA Corp. (APA) were seeing their shares rise 3% and 2.7%, respectively. 

Bath & Body Works (BBWI) stock rose 0.9% after getting upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Atlantic Equities. 

Hyatt Hotels (H) stock was slipping 2.7% after getting downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Bank of America. 

  BP (BP.U.K.) rose 2% and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.U.K.) was up 2.6% in London while Total (TTE.France) climbed 2.7% in Paris.

Evergrande’s electric-vehicle arm, Evergrande New Energy Auto (0708.H.K.), sank 9.4% in Hong Kong as the cash crisis at its parent company spread. The car company has warned of a shortage of funds and canceled a stock market listing in Shanghai. The stock is down 93.4% year-to-date.

Rolls-Royce (RR.U.K.) rose 9.4% in London, after the British engineering group won a major contract to provide engines for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress.

Macau has tightened up travel restrictions amid concerns around Covid-19, adding pressure to the already weakened gaming sector in the world’s largest gambling hub. China Sands (1928.H.K.) fell 4%, Wynn Macau (1128.H.K.) slipped 4.5%, and MGM China (2282.H.K.) tumbled 10.4% in Hong Kong.

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