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Stock Market News 3 February 2026

Snap stock slides ahead of earnings as traders brace for ad-demand update

Snap stock slides ahead of earnings as traders brace for ad-demand update

Snap shares fell about 6% to $6.26 Tuesday morning ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings report due Wednesday after market close. Analysts expect earnings near 15 cents per share on $1.70 billion revenue. Trading volume Monday hit 54.1 million shares, well above average. Investors are watching ad demand and user trends as new youth-safety rules take effect in key markets.
3 February 2026
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Salesforce stock drops 5% — Cramer calls it “really great” as Wall Street waits for Agentforce revenue

Salesforce stock drops 5% — Cramer calls it “really great” as Wall Street waits for Agentforce revenue

Salesforce shares fell over 5% Tuesday to $199.65, with ServiceNow down 7% and Microsoft and Oracle also slipping. Investors are discounting enterprise software stocks despite Salesforce’s Agentforce segment reaching $500 million in annual recurring revenue, up 330% year over year. Salesforce recently announced a $5.6 billion, 10-year contract framework with the U.S. Army. Analyst targets and ratings remain positive.
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Ford stock rises as investors eye Feb. 10 earnings after supplier snag, F-150 probe

Ford stock rises as investors eye Feb. 10 earnings after supplier snag, F-150 probe

Ford shares rose 1.5% to $14.02 in early Tuesday trading as investors looked ahead to next week’s earnings despite ongoing supply and safety concerns. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expanded its probe into 1.27 million older F-150 pickups over transmission issues. Ford continues to face aluminum shortages after a fire at a key supplier’s plant. The company will update its outlook on Feb. 10.
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Amazon stock slips as AWS flags Europe power-grid delays — with earnings days away

Amazon stock slips as AWS flags Europe power-grid delays — with earnings days away

Amazon shares fell 1.7% to $238.73 Tuesday morning after AWS warned of up to seven-year delays for power-grid connections in Europe, hindering data center expansion. The announcement comes two days before Amazon’s quarterly results, heightening investor focus on cloud and AI spending. The Invesco QQQ Trust dropped 1.1%, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF slipped 0.4%.
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Google stock slips in regular trade as Alphabet’s GOOG heads into earnings test

Google stock slips in regular trade as Alphabet’s GOOG heads into earnings test

Alphabet’s Class C shares fell 0.6% to $342.93 late Tuesday morning, ahead of its quarterly earnings report due after the U.S. market closes Wednesday. Google Cloud signed a five-year AI partnership with Liberty Global covering European operations. Traders expect a stock move of over 5% post-earnings, with focus on cloud growth and capital spending. The Nasdaq-focused QQQ Trust dropped 1.3%.
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Shopify earnings clock ticks: Jefferies sees “solid” Q4 as SHOP tests oversold bounce

Shopify earnings clock ticks: Jefferies sees “solid” Q4 as SHOP tests oversold bounce

Jefferies kept a Hold rating on Shopify with a $160 target, citing “solid” Q4 fundamentals and possible upside in gross merchandise value. Shopify stock rebounded 1.8% to $133.59 Monday after hitting a six-month low last week. The company reports Q4 earnings Feb. 11. A Seeking Alpha contributor upgraded Shopify to “buy,” highlighting AI-driven growth.
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Palantir stock price jumps as AI stocks swing — Nvidia slips ahead of AMD earnings

Palantir stock price jumps as AI stocks swing — Nvidia slips ahead of AMD earnings

Palantir shares jumped 5.1% to $155.30 by 10 a.m. ET after reporting a 66% surge in U.S. government revenue. Teradyne rose 7.5% on strong AI-driven forecasts, while Western Digital gained 1.4% after expanding its share buyback. Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft slipped, while Alphabet edged up.
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Constellation Software’s 48% slide has investors split as AI fears rattle software stocks

Constellation Software’s 48% slide has investors split as AI fears rattle software stocks

Constellation Software shares have fallen about 48% in the past year amid investor concerns over AI’s impact on software pricing and a CEO transition. Founder Mark Leonard stepped down for health reasons, with Mark Miller now president. Ruane Cunniff says the stock trades at a high-teens forward P/E and sees the valuation as compelling despite ongoing uncertainty.
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PayPal stock dives 18% after CEO change and weak 2026 outlook

PayPal stock dives 18% after CEO change and weak 2026 outlook

PayPal shares fell about 18% to $42.97 in early Tuesday trading after the company named Enrique Lores as incoming CEO and issued a weaker 2026 earnings forecast. The firm reported holiday-quarter earnings and revenue below Wall Street expectations and highlighted slow growth in its branded checkout segment. HP shares dropped 7% after Lores’ departure was announced.
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Henry Hub natural gas price rebounds after historic plunge as EQT Corp, Williams Cos Inc stocks tick higher

Henry Hub natural gas price rebounds after historic plunge as EQT Corp, Williams Cos Inc stocks tick higher

March Henry Hub natural gas futures rose 3.7% to $3.358 per mmBtu Tuesday after plunging 25.7% on Monday, the steepest drop since 1995. U.S. LNG exports fell to 11.3 million tonnes in January as cold weather disrupted shipments and forced some plants offline. Pipeline stocks led energy shares higher, while Eastern gas and power prices in Pennsylvania dropped sharply.
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Nvidia stock drops on OpenAI chip doubts as investors brace for earnings

Nvidia stock drops on OpenAI chip doubts as investors brace for earnings

Nvidia shares fell 2.9% to $185.61 Tuesday morning after reports that OpenAI is testing alternatives to Nvidia’s AI chips for inference tasks. OpenAI has considered chips from AMD and several startups. The broader chip sector rose, with AMD shares up about 4%. Nvidia’s quarterly earnings are scheduled for February 25.
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Microsoft stock price slips early: MSFT hit by Azure glitches as OpenAI spreads across clouds

Microsoft stock price slips early: MSFT hit by Azure glitches as OpenAI spreads across clouds

Microsoft shares fell 1.6% to $423.37 in early Tuesday trading, underperforming tech peers after cloud service disruptions and record AI spending. Azure reported two incidents since Monday, affecting VM management and Managed Identity in multiple U.S. regions. Investors are watching heavyweight earnings and the Feb. 6 U.S. jobs report for the next market move.
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Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
Walmart shares climbed 3.34% to $131.18 Friday, pushing its market value to about $1.05 trillion as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Retail stocks mostly gained, with Target up 4.24% and Costco up 1.20%, while Amazon dropped 5.55%. Investors await Walmart’s fiscal Q4 results on Feb. 19 and key U.S. economic data next week.
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