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News articleYahoo Finance· February 4, 2026

Stock market today: Dow jumps, S&P 500, Nasdaq fall with AI worries in focus ahead of Google earnings

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Stock market today: Dow jumps, S&P 500, Nasdaq fall with AI worries in focus ahead of Google earnings US stocks were mixed on Wednesday as Wall Street assessed a fresh wave of earnings and waited for Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) results, eyeing the fallout from an AI-stoked slump in software stocks…
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  • Job creation took a step back in 2025 with private employers adding 398,000 jobs down from 771,000 in 2024, while wage growth has remained stable despite continuous slowdown

    80% confidence
  • The software sector sell-off has more room to run

    80% confidence
  • Eli Lilly expanded manufacturing capacity and opened new access to obesity medicines through US government agreement

    80% confidence
  • Even better-than-expected earnings are no longer enough to convince the market unless the company can show AI will be a tailwind rather than a headwind

    80% confidence
  • January tends to be the largest net job loss month as seasonal hiring ahead of holidays unwinds

    80% confidence
  • Hyperscalers reconfirmed their capex plans for 2026 which supports ongoing projects

    80% confidence
  • Bitcoin plummet could cascade into a self-reinforcing death spiral that could hit companies with big bitcoin treasuries

    80% confidence
  • Multi-tenant and new cloud players are extremely active, never seen them so active as today, and these projects will take years to complete

    80% confidence
  • Data center orders at Eaton roughly tripled in fourth quarter over prior year and backlog just keeps growing

    80% confidence
  • Eli Lilly reached millions more patients by launching Inluriyo, expanding Mounjaro and Kisunla globally, and submitting orforglipron for approval

    80% confidence

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