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US stocks climb, S&P up to 0.8% and Dow gains 363‑391 points as oil falls below $107

Monday's market rebound followed a sharp drop in Brent crude, with investors eyeing earnings, elections and jobs data

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US stocks climb, S&P up to 0.8% and Dow gains 363‑391 points as oil falls below $107

What this story says

  • The S&P 500 rose between 0.5% and 0.8% on Monday.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average added between 363 and 391 points.
  • Brent crude fell 5.8% to below $107 per barrel.
  • Investors are waiting for earnings, the midterm elections and a jobs report.

Who covered it

Left 44%(4)Centre 56%(5)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 6 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

48/100

Craft

59/100

Hype

41/100

15 sources · methodology

The U.S. stock market moved higher on Monday, recouping part of the decline experienced the previous week. The S&P 500 increased, with reports giving a rise of either 0.5% or 0.8%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average also advanced, with figures ranging from a 363‑point increase to a 391‑point gain. The Nasdaq composite was reported to have risen around 0.7% in several accounts.

Oil prices dropped sharply; Brent crude fell 5.8% and settled below $107 a barrel. Market participants said the lower energy prices helped lift equities, while attention turned to upcoming corporate earnings, the November midterm elections and a forthcoming jobs report.

Discrepancies in reported figures

Rocky Mountain Outlook, Daily Record and thealbertan.com each said the S&P 500 rose 0.5%, while Ottumwa Courier reported a 0.8% increase. KOB 4 listed the Dow Jones gain as 391 points, whereas Rocky Mountain Outlook, Daily Record and thealbertan.com gave a 363‑point rise.

Coverage blind spot

No right‑rated digests reported on the market recovery, so the right‑leaning side of the media landscape offered no coverage of these developments.

$107

Brent crude price

fell 5.8% to below this level

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 2 Nov 2026, 16:31, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

4 rated outlets

  • The three left‑rated digests (Rocky Mountain Outlook, Daily Record, thealbertan.com) all highlighted that the market was "clawing back" the previous week’s sell‑off. Each noted a 0.5% rise in the S&P 500 and a 363‑point gain for the Dow, and all linked the rebound to the drop in oil prices.

Centre

5 rated outlets

  • The five centre‑rated digests (WPLG, KOB 4, Pittsburgh Post‑Gazette, Ottumwa Courier, WSLS) provided a broader picture. WPLG and KOB 4 added that the Nasdaq rose about 0.7% and mentioned AI‑related stocks gaining. KOB 4 reported a larger Dow gain of 391 points. Pittsburgh Post‑Gazette pointed to tech and AI sectors as drivers of the earlier sell‑off. Ottumwa Courier gave the higher 0.8% S&P increase. WSLS simply restated the market’s recovery without extra detail.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover US stocks climb, S&P up to 0.8% and Dow gains 363‑391 points as oil…?
Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 44% are rated left, 56% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 15. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is US stocks climb, S&P up to 0.8% and Dow gains 363‑391 points as oil… left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of US stocks climb, S&P up to 0.8% and Dow gains 363‑391 points as oil… biased?
US stocks climb, S&P up to 0.8% and Dow gains 363‑391 points as oil falls below $107 is one event reported by 15 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered US stocks climb, S&P up to 0.8% and Dow gains 363‑391 points as oil…?
15 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
How much did the S&P 500 rise on Monday?
Reports from left‑rated outlets said the S&P 500 rose 0.5%, while a centre‑rated outlet (Ottumwa Courier) recorded a 0.8% increase. The range of reported gains is therefore between 0.5% and 0.8%.
What was the gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
Three left‑rated digests gave a gain of 363 points. KOB 4, a centre‑rated outlet, reported a larger increase of 391 points. Thus the Dow’s rise was reported as either 363 or 391 points.
What happened to oil prices that day?
All digests that mentioned oil said Brent crude fell 5.8%, bringing the price to below $107 a barrel. The price drop was cited as a factor that helped lift U.S. equities.

Read it at the source

15 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

4

Centre

5

Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

6

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