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Brent Jumped 2% to $106.76. The Dow Rose 0.5% Anyway. Here’s the Split.

Quick take: Oil rattled the tape on Monday, but not evenly. Brent crude rose about 2% to $106.76 a barrel in late-morning trade, its highest since September 29, while the Dow edged higher and the Nasdaq lagged. Wall Street looked less like a market panicking over energy and more like one rotating between sectors ahead of a heavy data week.

What happened

Crude climbed after the Houthis claimed responsibility for a Saturday strike on Riyadh’s international airport, with more attacks reported on Sunday. Two tankers were also reportedly hit, one near Oman’s Sohar and another in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations. Those headlines overshadowed a supply-side offset: on Friday President Trump said Russia would send more than 300,000 metric tons of diesel to the US and global markets, and Sunday brought an announced Russia-Ukraine ceasefire covering energy infrastructure, which Zelenskiy said Russia had already violated.

By around 11:30 a.m. ET, the Dow was up roughly 0.5% near 51,900, the S&P 500 was a touch lower near 7,807 and the Nasdaq Composite was down about 0.4% near 27,265. Communication services led, while technology and utilities lagged. The bond market was closed for Columbus Day, so Treasuries offered no fresh signal.

Key numbers and movers

Brent traded near $106.76 and WTI near $93.69, each up about 2%. Goldman Sachs has raised its December Brent forecast to $90 from $85, citing a risk premium of just over $20. In single stocks, Salesforce rose about 4.3% after a double upgrade from Bank of America, while Adobe fell about 4% after a double downgrade from Wells Fargo. Nvidia slipped about 1.3% as semiconductor and AI-infrastructure names broadly sold off, even as Microsoft rose about 0.7% after unveiling its Maia 300 AI chip. That mix explains the split: value and software-upgrade stories helped the Dow, while chip weakness pulled on the Nasdaq.

What to watch next

Big banks start earnings on Tuesday, October 13, with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup scheduled to report. September CPI arrives Wednesday, October 14, followed by producer prices on Thursday, October 15. With oil elevated, traders will look for any sign that energy costs are leaking into inflation readings, and for commentary on AI spending in tech earnings later in the season. Further Middle East headlines remain the swing factor for crude.

Impact on Indian markets

India imports most of its crude, so sustained Brent strength tends to pressure the rupee, the import bill and inflation expectations, and can weigh on oil marketing companies and airlines. A softer Nasdaq can also dampen sentiment toward Indian IT stocks, which take cues from US tech spending. Foreign flows will likely stay sensitive to the US CPI print later this week.

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