What to watch today: Dow futures soar, a day after more wild swings

What to watch today: Dow futures soar, a day after more wild swings

BY THE NUMBERS Wednesday as in early trading were breaking a 15%, three-session run to the upside. fell 3% on Wednesday, one day after gaining 3% on the U.S. banning Russian oil imports. The on Wednesday (CNBC) * (CNBC Pro) Tuesday, with the going from an early session decline to a 585-point gain before closing 184 points lower. The followed a similar path, as both benchmarks slid further into corrections. The , which dropped, rose and closed lower Tuesday, fell further into a bear market. (CNBC) IN THE NEWS TODAY from war-torn Ukrainian cities continued Wednesday. Days of Russian shelling have largely cut residents of the southern city of Mariupol off from the outside world. U.S. Vice President will visit Poland on Wednesday for taking in hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees. (AP) * (CNBC Live Blog) Two weeks into its offensive, Russia than anticipated. In a Wednesday, British officials said fighting was ongoing northwest of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, but Russian troops were not making any major progress in reaching the city. (AP) PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola (KO), McDonald's (MCD) and Starbucks (SBUX) each said Tuesday they are after that country's invasion of Ukraine, a symbolic move by four