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WSJ Minute Briefing

Stocks and Crypto Bounce Back in Morning Rally

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: The University of Michigan's measure of consumer sentiment ticks higher. And in talks with the U.S., Iran refuses to end its enrichment of nuclear fuel. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4

Here's your midday brief for Friday, February 6th. I'm Pierre Biennamee for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.4

The week's swoon in tech stocks is fading out, and shares are climbing broadly this morning.

0:45.8

The Dow is up more than 1.5%, hitting an intraday high that's not far from the 50,000 level.

0:51.9

Crypto is also regaining some ground. Bitcoin is trading near $68,000,

0:56.6

recovering after its biggest one-day drop since 2022. A closely watched measure of consumer sentiment

1:02.8

ticked higher this month. The University of Michigan's index rose to 57.3. Economists had

1:09.0

expected a slight decline. Sentiment is getting a bit better after grim levels

1:13.8

late last year when they were near an all-time low. But the surveys director said that despite the

1:19.0

improvement, the public remains anxious about inflation and a weaker labor market. And in U.S. Iran talks

1:25.7

today, Iran refused to end its enrichment of nuclear fuel.

1:29.7

But both sides signaled a willingness to keep working toward a diplomatic solution that could head off an American strike.

1:35.5

The two sides didn't meet face-to-face, but instead held alternating discussions with Omani diplomats.

1:41.4

People familiar with the discussions say the U.S. and Iran didn't move much from their

1:45.4

original positions. Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating

1:50.7

summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor. We'll have

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