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Stocks were mixed at midday, and diesel was $6.27.
At 12:12 p.m. Eastern the Dow was up 228 points and the Nasdaq was down 0.2 percent. Energy shares rose with the oil price. AAA’s national diesel average on Monday was $6.27 a gallon.
The Rocket News · Economy Desk · New YorkOctober 12, 2026 · 3 min read
NEW YORK — Wall Street opened a busy week mixed, the Associated Press reported. At 12:12 p.m. Eastern the S&P 500 was up 0.1 percent, near the record it set last week. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 228 points, or 0.4 percent. The Nasdaq composite was down 0.2 percent. Energy shares were among the strongest as the oil price jumped. Chevron was up 1.4 percent. The chip stocks were the weight. Micron Technology fell 2.8 percent. Advanced Micro Devices fell 2.4 percent. This is the midday tape, not the close.
The number a driver can check is diesel. AAA’s national average on Monday was $6.27 a gallon, against $6.28 on Sunday. Regular gasoline was $4.36. A year ago diesel was $3.67. The president’s waiver on Russian diesel is the argument in Washington. It is not yet a number on this board.
The S&P 500 rose 0.1 percent by midday and was trading around last week’s record.
The photograph is a diesel truck at an American pump, the place the price lands. It is not the New York floor. The Economy desk files Monday’s midday tape and Monday’s AAA averages. The waiver is the front.
Wire and further reading: gasprices.aaa.com
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