Stock market poised for strong opening following worst day since the financial crisis

U.S. stock futures and oil prices recovered Tuesday, a day after crude suffered a historic rout while the broader stock market recorded its worst day since the financial crisis.

Dow futures jumped 900 points, after plunging more than 2,000 points on Monday. A free fall in oil prices and mounting coronavirus cases rattled jittery investors a day earlier and pushed major indexes to the edge of a bear market.

Standard & Poor’s 500 futures climbed 4% Tuesday, after posting their worst one-day percentage drop since October 2008.

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