Global news you need to know before Monday's U.S. stock market opens

Wallstreetcn
2026.02.02 13:57

Spot gold and silver prices plummeted during trading, with the decline narrowing; spot gold briefly returned to USD 4,800 per ounce.

The Iranian president has ordered the initiation of nuclear negotiations, leading to a significant drop in international oil prices, with Brent crude falling by 5%.

China's January RatingDog manufacturing PMI is at 50.3, with sales prices rising for the first time in 14 months.

Oracle rose 4% before the market, with data center financing plans becoming clearer.

An American rare earth company rose over 5% before the market, as Trump plans to initiate a USD 12 billion strategic mineral reserve.

Taiwan Semiconductor's 2nm capacity is in urgent demand: Apple has secured the first batch, while AMD and Google are in line, and NVIDIA has set its sights on 1.6nm.

Tesla's third-generation Cybertruck is about to debut, with Model S/X production halted in the second quarter to make way for mass production of robots, aiming for an annual output of one million units.

Musk: Tesla has achieved large-scale production of dry electrode batteries.

Reports indicate that SpaceX is in deep negotiations with xAI for a merger, with an announcement of the agreement possibly as early as this week.

Disney rose over 4% before the market, driven by revenue and profit growth from its theme park division.

The Nikkei 225 index closed down 1.3%, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 2.48%; the Hang Seng Index closed down 2.23%