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WSJ Minute Briefing

Stocks Rise Despite Canada Tariff Threats

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Gold topped $5,000 a troy ounce for the first time. Plus: CoreWeave stock rallies after Nvidia announces additional investment. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the 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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Here's your closing bell brief for Monday, January 26. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street

0:39.1

Journal. U.S. stocks gained ground today despite global trade tensions and a historic rally in

0:44.8

metals. The Dow led the major benchmarks with a 0.6% rise. The S&P 500 climbed half a percent,

0:52.0

while the NASDAQ added 0.4%. Investors weighed new tariff threats

0:56.6

against Canada alongside a weaker dollar and rising energy costs. Natural gas prices doubled

1:02.6

from a week ago as winter storms disrupted the country, and gold and silver prices hit

1:07.6

fresh records again. Among individual companies, Corweave shares rallied nearly

1:13.2

6%. The move followed news that Nvidia is investing in additional $2 billion in the data

1:19.1

center company to build new AI factories. USA Rare Earth stock climbed almost 8%. The Trump

1:26.0

administration plans to take a stake in the minor as part of a

1:29.3

funding deal. Revolution Medicine's shares dropped 17% today. Merck ended discussions to buy the biotech

1:37.1

company over pricing disagreements. Surreptotherapeutic stock rose 8%. The drug maker presented positive study results for a muscular dystrophy treatment.

1:47.9

And Skywater Technology shares rose 3%. The gain comes after quantum computing firm IonQ reached a deal to buy the chipmaker for $1.8 billion.

1:59.1

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