Oil prices and global stocks rebounded on Thursday, buoyed by comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi that raised hopes of further monetary stimulus, following a turbulent few days that wiped trillions of dollars off asset values.
U.S. stocks were up in late morning trading, led by gains in telecommunications, energy and consumer discretionary shares, but trading was again choppy in most asset classes.
The euro fell to a two-week low against the dollar after Draghi hinted of additional stimulus measures as early as March as economic risks had grown. He cited concerns over China and emerging markets, volatility in financial and commodity markets and geopolitical risks, and said the tumult would prompt a March review of monetary policy. The euro EUR= fell below $ 1.08 for the first time in two weeks during his speech.
Oil rebounded after falling to a more-than-12-year low the previous day. U.S. crude futures CLc1 were up nearly 1 percent at $ 28.60 per barrel. On Wednesday, U.S. crude futures fell to their lowest since September 2003.
Crude oil prices, which have dropped more than 25 percent since the start of the year, have been a key driver of a recent cross-asset rout.
“The underlying focus is still on oil because people are looking at the transmission mechanism to the real economy of lower oil prices,” said Gennadiy Goldberg, interest rate strategist, at TD Securities in New York.
“Lower oil prices are maybe great for the consumer, but not unilaterally good for the U.S economy.”
U.S. Treasury debt yields edged lower in choppy trading, weighed by concerns over volatility in oil and global stock markets.
In the equity market, MSCI’s all-country world stock index .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.5 percent. Europe’s pan-regional FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 jumped 1.9 percent.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 131.35 points, or 0.83 percent, to 15,898.09, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 14.29 points, or 0.77 percent, to 1,873.62 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 28.56 points, or 0.64 percent, to 4,500.25.
A 3-percent slump in Chinese stocks gave Asia another bruising.
MSCI’s 23-country emerging market index notched a 6-1/2 year low and Russia’s rouble RUB= tanked almost 5 percent at one point as it set a record low against the dollar for a second day running.
(Additional reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss in New York, Marc Jones in London and Lisa Twaronite in Tokyo; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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