Futures Movers: U.S. stock futures fall amid Ukraine invasion jitters, despite late rally on Wall Street

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U.S. stock-index futures fell in volatile trading Thursday evening, following a late rally that sent stocks closing higher during the regular trading session despite market jitters caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
YM00,
-0.52%
were last down about 110 points, while S&P 500 futures
ES00,
-0.67%
and Nasdaq-100 futures
NQ00,
-0.98%
also declined.

For more: Complete MarketWatch coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Crude prices continued to rise after rising above $100 a barrel during intraday trading for the first time since 2014. West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery
CLV22,
+2.38%
was last at $95 a barrel, while April Brent crude
BRNJ22,
+2.00%,
the global benchmark, was at $101 a barrel.

Gold prices
GC00,
-0.78%
slipped, last trading at about $1,914 an ounce, while cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin
BTCUSD,
+0.72%
and ethereum
ETHUSD,
+0.18%
were fairly stable.

Earlier in the day, the Dow
DJIA,
+0.28%
snapped a five-session losing streak, closing up 92.07 points, or 0.3%, at 33,223.83, after falling as far as 2.6% in morning trading. The S&P 500
SPX,
+1.50%
climbed 63.2 points, or 1.5%, finishing at 4,288.70, but in correction territory, while the Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+3.34%
rose 436.1 points, or 3.3%, ending at 13,473.59, but bouncing off a session low at 12,587.88.