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WSJ Minute Briefing

Stocks Rise While Precious Metals Whipsaw

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Nvidia stock falls after its deal with OpenAI stalls. And Coinbase shares decline along with the price of bitcoin. 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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0:39.8

U.S. stocks rose today to kick off the new month of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial

0:44.4

average led the major indexes rising over 1%. The NASDAQ was up 0.6%, and the S&P 500 was up half a

0:52.8

percent. Treasury yields climbed after a report showing

0:56.0

factory activity in the U.S. unexpectedly expanded in January. Gold and silver prices remained

1:01.7

volatile, while oil prices retreated on news of negotiations with Iran. Among individual companies,

1:09.0

Oracle shares dropped nearly 3%.

1:11.1

The company announced a $50 billion funding plan to build out its artificial intelligence infrastructure.

1:17.9

Disney stock dropped over 7%.

1:20.1

Executives warned that fewer international visitors are traveling to the entertainment company's domestic theme parks.

1:26.8

Invidia shares fell 3%.

1:28.5

The Wall Street Journal reported that the chipmakers planned $100 billion investment in OpenAI has stalled.

1:35.8

And Coinbase stocks slid 3.5% as the price of Bitcoin declined.

1:41.6

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

1:45.8

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

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