U.S. Stocks Recover From Global Selloff of Risky Assets

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Shares of MongoDB and Credo Technology jump, driven by AI. And Ford shares fall amid a slowdown in EV sales. Julie Chang 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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0:00.0	Think about cheese.
0:02.0	Make your thoughts cheesier.
0:04.2	Now add 100% chicken breast fillet, Chipopla sauce and amade cheese melt, and it's giving
0:08.9	the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.
0:12.4	Did we mention it's cheesy?
0:13.9	Cheese!
0:15.8	Availments with the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11 a.m.
0:18.1	Plus and participation may vary.
0:19.2	Subjects availability.
0:24.2	Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, December 2nd. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.
0:30.6	U.S. stocks moved higher today, recovering after a global sell-off and risky assets. The NASDAQ composite
0:36.9	led the market's gains rising 0.6%.
0:39.9	The Dow Jones Industrial average increased 0.4%, and the S&P 500 edged up 0.2%.
0:46.4	In the bond market, the yield on the benchmark 10-year treasury note dipped slightly.
0:51.8	Meanwhile, Bitcoin bounced back above $90,000, helping to lift shares of
0:56.0	companies that focus on acquiring digital tokens. Among individual companies, shares of MongoDB
1:01.8	jumped over 22%. The database company hiked its annual guidance, citing booming demand for
1:07.7	artificial intelligence that is bolstering revenue.
1:13.6	Credo technology shares surged 10%. The data center connectivity specialists swung to a quarterly profit driven by revenue from
1:18.8	AI training and inference.
1:21.0	Warner Brothers Discovery stock gained nearly 3%.
1:24.0	The Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast, Netflix, and Paramount have all submitted second
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