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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as oil falls, anticipation builds for Trump-Xi summit

Sep 21, 2026 11:02 AM · YahooFinance

Stocks rallied on Monday as oil prices fell, bitcoin (BTC-USD) prices surged above $86,000, and tech stocks surged ahead of AI leaders' dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week.The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) saw the strongest gains, climbing 2.3% to notch a new all-time high. The S&P 500 (^GSPC), meanwhile, gained 1.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.7% after the blue-chip index posted its third straight weekly loss. Meta (META) stock jumped 11%, AMD (AMD) stock gained 10%, and Intel (INTC) popped by 12% as AI enthusiasm returned to markets.Sentiment went risk-on as oil prices retreated below $100 per barrel amid hopes that the US and Iran would resume diplomatic talks. Bitcoin also jumped to an eight-month high, lifting crypto-related stocks like Strategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN).Stocks have powered through a wall of worry during this historically weak month, remaining resilient despite rising bond yields, geopolitical risk in the Middle East, growing bets on Fed rate hikes, and AI jitters. With a sparser economic and earnings calendar this week, one thing markets will be closely watching is the summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. The high-stakes talks are expected to focus on extending the tariff truce and cooperation on artificial intelligence. Several AI leaders, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, former Apple CEO Tim Cook, Qualcomm Inc. CEO Cristiano Amon, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, will also attend a dinner with the Chinese president. Wall Street executives Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser and JPMorgan Chase CEO will also join, Yahoo Finance has learned. The summit comes at a critical point for those companies, after an essay by Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) CEO Dario Amodei broke open a long-simmering debate over whether or not frontier AI labs should pace model development.


Original source: YahooFinance