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Gennaro Saporito works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, March 6, 2026.
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Wall Street pointed toward modest gains in premarket trading as energy prices stabilized somewhat on optimism that a major release of oil reserves was imminent. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all up around 0.1% before the opening bell Wednesday. Oil prices have remained sharply below their peaks near $120 a barrel hit on Monday over fears that the war with Iran would be protracted. Early Wednesday, U.S. benchmark crude oil was up 2.8% at $85.76 per barrel. Oracle shares surged close to 10% after the company reported stronger profit and revenue than analysts were expecting.
