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Today - Monday, October 19, 2026 - top Business / Market headlines:
1. US Futures Rebound Ahead of Busy Earnings Week
•U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as major technology stocks advanced, shaking off the gloom of Friday's tech-led decline.
•Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 9 PM ET: Stock Futures Rise Ahead of Another Busy Earnings Week
•S&P 500 futures edge up 0.5%, while Nasdaq futures rose 0.8% - other early trading snapshot had S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.7%
2. Asia Slides on AI Funding Fears
•Asian share markets slipped on Monday as unease over AI's enormous funding needs undermined confidence ahead of a week packed with earnings, while the euro eased in the wake of rioting across France
•Japan's Nikkei fell 2.0% after losing 5.4% last week, South Korea dropped 1.6% having shed more than 14% last week, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.3%
3. Tech Wobble - Worst Week Since June
•Tech-heavy Nasdaq tumbled 4.5% for its biggest weekly drop since June, S&P 500 fell 2.0% same period
•The PHLX Semiconductor Index shed 11.4% last week in its longest losing streak since 2008
4. Oil Retreats From $110 High, Aiding Bonds
•A fall in oil prices offered some support to bonds and Wall Street stock futures
•Brent futures still fell 1.6% to $108.06 a barrel, while US crude futures lost 0.7% to $100.70 a barrel after U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to waive some sanctions on Russia
•Brent Crude futures fell 0.9% in intraday trading Monday to $108.85 a barrel retreating from the $110 touched on Friday
•Geopolitical tensions combined with safe-haven flows from equities to extend a rally in sovereign bonds, with 10-year Treasury yields down 3 basis points at 5.0645%, having just recorded their largest weekly fall in over eight months
5. Earnings Season In Focus - 70 S&P 500 Companies This Week
•About 70 S&P 500 constituents report results this week, with Tesla and Meta Platforms both scheduled to report after the close on Wednesday (the 21st)
•Last week, 46 companies reported, with 85% beating profit expectations. Analysts estimate S&P 500 companies grew third-quarter earnings 30% from a year earlier
•Semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research and Texas Instruments also report after the close on Wednesday. Netflix, Procter & Gamble, General Motors and GE Aerospace also due
•Nvidia's GTC Berlin conference runs Oct 20-22, CEO Jensen Huang keynote Wednesday 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Taiwan time
6. Other Top Dow Jones / Market Watch Headlines Today:
•Some Wall Street Leaders Are Weighing Bailing on 'Davos in the Desert' After Attacks on Riyadh
•The AI Stock Market Wobble Is a Reminder: This Time Isn't Different
•The idea that the AI trade has been mostly immune to rising bond yields isn't quite right
•The Federal Reserve has entered its communication blackout period ahead of its October 27-28 rate decision
7. Anniversary Context:
•Wall Street has a date with an old nightmare. On Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, the 39th anniversary of the infamous 1987 Black Monday crash arrives with stocks battered, oil above $100 a barrel and investors increasingly nervous about the artificial intelligence (AI) boom