Futures Movers: U.S. stock futures fall amid Ukraine invasion jitters, despite late rally on Wall Street

U.S. stock-index futures fell in volatile trading Thursday night, following a late rally that sent stocks closing higher during the regular trading session despite market jitters caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.45% were down about 130 points at midnight Eastern, while S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.57% and Nasdaq-100 futures NQ00, -0.69% also declined.

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Crude prices continued to rise after rising above $100 a barrel during intraday trading for the first time since 2014. West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery CLV22, +2.03% was last at about $95 a barrel, while April Brent crude BRNJ22, +2.15%, the global benchmark, was at $101 a barrel.

Gold prices GC00, -0.44% slipped, last trading at about $1,913 an ounce, while cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.10% and ethereum ETHUSD, -1.14% were fairly stable.

Earlier in the day, the Dow DJIA, +0.28% snapped a five-session losing streak, closing up 92.07 points, or 0.3%, at 33,223.83, after falling as far as 2.6% in morning trading. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.50% climbed 63.2 points, or 1.5%, finishing at 4,288.70, but in correction territory, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +3.34% rose 436.1 points, or 3.3%, ending at 13,473.59, but bouncing off a session low at 12,587.88.

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