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Closing Bell

Closing Bell: Tech’s Takedown 2/3/26

Closing Bell

CNBC

News, Business

4.4139 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We track some big moves in software stocks – and have an all-star line-up of reporters to tell us which companies are down the most and why this is all happening. Plus, it’s a new era for Disney. We hear from Jim Stewart – who wrote the book on that company – about what could be next for the media giant with a new CEO in charge. And, we break down what to watch from Amgen, Chipotle and AMD earnings.

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0:00.0

Welcome to closing bell. I'm Scott Wobner, live from Post 9 here at the New York Stock Exchange.

0:05.6

This maker break hour begins with techs take down today, which is weighing heavily on stocks.

0:10.4

And in some respect, sentiment as well. There is the scorecard with 60 to go in regulation today.

0:16.1

It is the NASDAQ, as you see, down almost 2%. It's been down worse than that. It is trying to come off of its

0:23.5

lowest levels of the day. Some very big moves in software stocks today. And we have reporters ready to go

0:29.2

on which companies are down the most and why this is all happening. Elsewhere, you heard Kelly

0:34.0

talking about it, Bitcoin falling to its lowest level since the fall of 2024.

0:38.8

We'll get to the bottom of that, too.

0:40.3

Palantir higher after a strong earnings report, but maybe not as high as some might have expected.

0:48.0

We'll watch that one, too.

0:49.9

How about Walmart, topping a trillion dollars in market cap for the very first time ever? That's notable up more than 2%. We'll track it. Novo Nordisk. It's down big after warning of a sales hit this year, almost 14% in the red. That takes us to our talk of the tape. The AI-related hits, several key stocks are taking today. Let's go right to Sima Modi for the look at the hardest hit area.

1:12.6

Scott investors are analyzing Anthropics' latest update and the threat it poses to the SaaS

1:17.3

companies that rent out their software to Fortune 500 companies to tackle sales and marketing

1:21.8

like Salesforce, Dropbox, Adobe, Shopify, all down sharply today. And while strategists at Jeffries,

1:28.7

they do say this extreme sell-off will create buying opportunities, we're really not seeing that today, with the exception

1:33.3

of Palantir up about 5% on the back of earnings. The IGV software ETF on track now for three

1:39.3

weeks of losses, even beyond traditional software. News of Anthropics' new tool for legal experts as

1:44.6

pressuring shares of legal Zoom down 19% data analytics company, Thompson Reuters. As we

1:51.0

sort of try to understand what happens with earnings, the two names we're going to be watching

1:54.8

this week at Lasseon and Fortinette. Scott, set to report on Thursday. All right, good stuff. Seema,

1:59.5

thanks for starting us off. That is Seema Modi. Now, why is this

2:02.0

all happening? You heard Seema talking about Anthropic and something that it recently rolled out.

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