Nasdaq Extends Decline After Worrisome Jobs Data
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:26.4 | Here's your closing bell brief for Thursday, February 5th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street |
| 0:32.3 | Journal. U.S. stocks fell sharply today as tech jitters and labor market data worried investors. |
| 0:38.9 | All three major indexes dropped more than 1%. |
| 0:41.9 | The NASDAQ led the decline with a 1.6% loss. |
| 0:46.5 | The Dow and the S&P 500 were both down 1.2%. |
| 0:50.4 | New data showed surprisingly high unemployment claims and low job openings. Another report showed last month was also the worst January for planned corporate job cuts since 2009. Among individual companies, Amazon shares dropped over 4% before an earnings report that disappointed investors. After the bell, the stock continued to fall nearly 9%. |
| 1:12.7 | Qualcomm shares sank 8.5% after the chipmaker issued a weak earnings forecast. Estee Lauder shares |
| 1:20.6 | tumbled 19% because the company expects a $100 million hit from tariffs. Shell shares lost over 3% after weaker oil trading performance |
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