The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.02%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.10%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25) are up +0.17%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH25) are up +0.25%.
Stocks saw support today from hopes for an end to the Russian-Ukraine war after top US and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss the war and normalizing relations between the US and Russia. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said Ukraine won’t recognize “any agreements about us without us.” US officials said the peace talks were “exploratory.”
