Market opens higher as stocks rebound from Friday's big sell-off

CNBC's Bob Pisani looks ahead at the day's market action.

Stocks rose solidly on Monday, recovering some of the losses from the previous session’s steep sell-off, but investors remained wary about the bounce as coronavirus fears lingered.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 175 points higher, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 gained 0.8% while the Nasdaq Composite was up 1.3%.

Nike led the Dow higher with a 3.7% rise after analysts at UBS and JPMorgan recommended buying the stock on coronavirus-related weakness. JPMorgan called this recent pullback a “multi-year buying opportunity.” Tesla, meanwhile, jumped more than 13% to record levels after an Argus Research analyst hiked his price target on the stock to $808 per share.

The major averages reached their session highs after the Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing gauge showed activity in the sector expanded. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a contraction in manufacturing activity for January. The 30-stock Dow was up more than 350 points at its high of the day.

However, stocks gave back some of Monday’s gains after Carnival confirmed one of its guests tested positive for coronavirus six days after leaving one of its ships. Carnival shares erased earlier gains and traded more than 1% lower on the news.

“The shorter-term uncertainty around the coronavirus is really affecting everything,” said JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade. “You may continue to see sort of reallocation.”

The death toll in China from the coronavirus reached 361 on Sunday, surpassing that of the SARS virus which lasted from 2002 to 2003, while a first death outside of China was reported in the Philippines.

Worries about how the virus would impact the global economy dented U.S. stocks in their final trading day of January. The Dow dropped 603 points, or more than 2%, on Friday. The S&P 500 pulled back 1.8%, its biggest one-day drop since October.

“We had that sharp sell-off on Friday, so it’s natural to see a bounce-back,” said Keith Lerner, chief market strategist at Truist/SunTrust Advisory. “But we think this corrective period has a bit more to go.”

He noted that, historically, S&P 500 pullbacks last an average of 47 calendar days. Those periods have led to an average loss of more than 9%. The S&P 500 started to take a hit from coronavirus fears 17 calendar days ago, with the broad index losing more than 2% in that time. “We don’t have the all-clear yet,” Lerner said.

Travel and airline stocks led the way lower for the broader market last week, with Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line among the hardest hit. Airlines such as Delta, United and American also fell.

Investors also increased their exposure last week to Treasury yields and loaded up on protection in the options market. The 10-year Treasury yield fell on Friday to 1.505%, pushing the note’s price higher. The benchmark rate climbed back to around 1.52% on Monday.

The Cboe Volatility index, widely considered the best fear gauge on Wall Street, jumped to above 18 in January from around 13 to start the month.

Stocks in mainland China plummeted overnight in their first session since closing for the Lunar New Year holiday. The Shanghai Composite tanked by 7.7%. The Shenzhen Index fell by 8.4%. Japanese stocks also declined Monday, with the Nikkei 225 pulling back by 1%.

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