5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 2/2/2026
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4.2 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Becky Quick, co-host of Squawk Box with Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernan, and this is five things to know before the opening bell. |
| 0:09.7 | Gold and silver prices are relatively stable at the moment, but silver was much lower earlier today. |
| 0:16.3 | And both those medals are coming off a Friday performance that amounted to their worst day since 1980. |
| 0:22.6 | Oil prices are pulling back. Over the weekend, President Trump told reporters that Iran, in his |
| 0:27.7 | words, was seriously talking with the United States. A lot of questions about what that means, |
| 0:32.9 | but WTI this morning is down by about 5.5% to 6178. And President Trump picking longtime government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| 0:44.3 | President Trump fired the BLS Commissioner in August. |
| 0:48.3 | President Trump also says that the Kennedy Center should close for two years for renovation starting in July. |
| 0:54.7 | Trump said that the proposal was subject to the approval of the center's board, although the |
| 0:59.1 | president has picked many of those board members himself. And the new Amazon documentary, |
| 1:05.0 | Melania, about First Lady Melania Trump, debuting with a better than expected $7 million |
| 1:10.1 | at the box office this weekend. |
| 1:12.9 | And, you know, on the second and third viewing, there's so many different things that you're |
| 1:18.6 | able to see and pick up that you don't really notice. And then by the fourth and fifth time, |
| 1:25.5 | you're just like blown away that, no, I haven't seen it. |
| 1:29.0 | With the cinematography or? |
| 1:30.6 | Just across the board. |
| 1:32.6 | No, I haven't seen it. |
| 1:34.2 | She's, I've met her, you've met her. |
| 1:36.2 | I have great admiration for, in a lot of ways. |
| 1:39.6 | And this was, I mean, documentaries don't usually do very well. |
| 1:42.4 | And this was the best, best documentary in a decade. |
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