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Closing Bell

Closing Bell Overtime: Apple Earnings & Tale of Two Megacaps; Plus, Commodities Roller Coaster Rolls On 1/29/26

Closing Bell

CNBC

News, Business

4.4139 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Markets digest Microsoft fallout and a packed earnings slate led by Apple, Visa and key memory names. Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights explains the “circular AI unwind” and what it means for hardware, software and valuations, while Liz Ann Sonders of Charles Schwab sets the broader market context and investor positioning. The meme-ification of the metals trade with Francisco Blanch of Bank of America. Live from Cupertino, Steve Kovach brings Apple earnings. Instant reaction from Gil Luria of D.A. Davidson and Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights.

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0:00.0

The bell is bringing an end to the training day at the NYSC, the cast of HBO's industry, and at the NASAC ethos ringing the bell. Welcome to closing bell overtime line from Studio B at the NASAC market site. I'm Melissa Lee along with Mike Santoli. Sox mostly lower today, the doubt with a small gain. The S&P 500 down about a quarter of a percent. The NASAC down about 1 percent, breaking a six-session winning streak. is, despite a gain for META, even as it says it is going to keep on spending, the decline all about Microsoft, having its worst day since the COVID pandemic, and it's having a ripple effect on names like Corweave and Oracle. They're also getting hit. Much more on this coming up. Speaking of tech, we're gearing up for Apple, which is set to report at 430.

0:37.9

The stock is coming off a rough stretch down eight straight weeks, although up a few percent

0:42.2

this week so far. Before that, we'll get numbers from two of the hottest stocks in the AI trade.

0:47.3

Memory names, Sandusk and Western Digital, both stocks hitting all-time highs today.

0:52.7

But let's start with some of the big movers that would

0:55.8

beyond the tech trade, that Simomodi has those for us. Hi, Sima. Hey, good afternoon, Mike.

0:59.9

AI may not be working for software, but it's certainly providing a big boost to AI infrastructure

1:04.7

names. Yesterday, we talked about GE-Vernova. Today, it's Caterpillar earnings, revealing a 44%

1:09.9

jump in power generation turbines and generators as hypers buy this key equipment to fuel their data centers.

1:17.0

Stock hitting a new high in today's trade.

1:19.3

Royal Caribbean posting its biggest percentage increase in six years following an optimistic 2026 outlook, CEO Jason Liberty, saying the cruise line is stealing market share from

1:28.4

land-based vacations like Las Vegas and Orlando. Speaking of Vegas, shares of casino operator LVS

1:34.9

off by 13 to 14 percent, earnings showing considerable weakness in Macau. But demand for air

1:41.5

travel remaining strong as telegraphed by Southwest Airlines, earnings be thanks to better pricing of seats,

1:47.4

and that prompted a number of price-target increases from analysts at Evercore ISI and Deutsche Bank.

1:53.5

Meantime WorldPool shares moving in the opposite direction, its report card showing weakness in North America and Brazil as sales of appliances remain soft.

2:02.6

Melissa?

2:03.7

Sima, thanks, Sima Modi.

2:05.0

Let's turn back to one of the biggest movers today.

2:06.9

That would be Microsoft.

2:07.9

It's the seventh worst day in its history.

2:10.1

Most of those were around major events such as the COVID pandemic, the dot-com bust or Black Friday in 1987.

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