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WSJ Minute Briefing

U.S. Stocks Snap Five-Session Winning Streak After Iranian Airstrikes

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Treasury yields rose after ADP reports solid private hiring. And GitLab shares fell after it announced plans to cut 14% of its staff. Danny Lewis 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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0:00.0

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0:18.4

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0:32.2

Here's your closing bell brief for Wednesday, June 3rd.

0:35.6

I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.1

U.S. stocks traded lower today following the latest clashes in the Middle East,

0:42.2

breaking a five-session-long winning streak. The Dow dropped 1.2 percent, the NASDAQ lost 0.9

0:48.3

percent, and the S&P 500 fell almost three-quarters of a percent.

0:52.9

The Gulf Kingdom of Kuwait came under a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones today,

0:58.3

as Iran launched its largest salvo of the near two-month ceasefire, a day after U.S. Central

1:03.2

Command said that the tenuous truce was ongoing.

1:06.6

Brent crude futures ticked up to nearly $98 a barrel, as markets gradually lose their optimism that a deal to end the war will materialize quickly.

1:15.1

Meanwhile, Treasury yields rose after a report by payroll firm ADP showed solid private hiring,

1:21.6

raising expectations that the Federal Reserve might hike interest rates.

1:26.0

Among individual companies, shares in Marvell technology gained

1:29.6

more than 3.7% a day after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said the semiconductor company could become

1:35.5

the next trillion dollar stock. Intel shares also gained 4.4%. U.S. traded shares of Universal Music

1:43.2

dropped 7.5. That's after reports

1:46.1

indicated that Bill Ackman's Pershing Square is looking to sell its stake in the music giant. GameStop

1:52.0

reported a higher first quarter profit and announced a $2 billion stock buyback program. That sparked a rally

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