Dow Jones today: DJIA ticks up on earnings rush as shutdown vote hangs over Wall Street

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.32%, reaching 49,564.69 in early Tuesday trading. The S&P 500 slipped 0.02%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.22%.

PayPal dumps CEO Alex Chriss, taps HP chief Enrique Lores as earnings miss and dividend debut jolt stock

PayPal dumps CEO Alex Chriss, taps HP chief Enrique Lores as earnings miss and dividend debut jolt stock

PayPal announced it will replace CEO Alex Chriss with Enrique Lores, currently leading HP Inc., following a gloomy profit forecast that sent shares tumbling in premarket action. Jamie Miller steps in as interim CEO, while David W. Dorman takes over as independent board chair, the company said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/paypal-names-hp-s-enrique-lores-to-replace-ceo-alex-chriss
PayPal picks HP’s Enrique Lores as CEO as weak outlook, earnings miss send shares sliding

PayPal picks HP’s Enrique Lores as CEO as weak outlook, earnings miss send shares sliding

PayPal on Tuesday chose Enrique Lores as its next CEO, following a profit forecast for 2026 that came in below expectations. The announcement knocked the stock down nearly 16% in premarket trading. The payments giant also posted holiday-quarter results that missed Wall Street estimates and revealed that growth in its higher-margin “branded checkout” button on merchant sites slowed to just 1%. This raised new concerns about competition from Apple, Google, and other rivals.
PayPal stock slips in late trade as Wall Street wraps 2025; what investors watch next for PYPL

PayPal stock slips in late trade as Wall Street wraps 2025; what investors watch next for PYPL

PayPal Holdings, Inc. shares were down 1.2% at $58.38 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, when stocks changed hands outside the regular 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET session. The stock traded between $58.30 and $59.21 and saw about 13.0 million shares in volume, with the shares valued at roughly 13 times trailing earnings, a standard price-to-earnings measure.