Stocks Sell Off as Oil, Yields, AI Capex Weigh

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- Stock futures opened mixed as traders looked to recover from an oil-driven sell-off across the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq, per CNBC.
- Rising oil prices, bond yields, and AI capital expenditure simultaneously weighed on the market, per Yahoo Finance and the New York Times, with all three major indexes tumbling under the triple pressure.
Why it matters: The convergence of energy costs, borrowing costs, and AI infrastructure spending hit the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq at once, leaving no sector insulated from the sell-off. With CNBC framing the next session as a recovery attempt, the overnight futures action will determine whether the triple-pressure sell-off stabilizes or extends.
