Possibly suffering from fatigue, stocks and commodities limped along on Monday, dragging te Dow Jones Industrial Average to a second straight record close.
Recently volatile commodity markets in gold and silver were subdued for a change, along with bitcoin, all of which traded inside relatively tight ranges.
Tuesday morning saw December Retail Sales flat compared to November, and up 2.4% year-over-year, not even keeping pace with inflation, yet another sign that the U.S. economy isn't actually the "hottest" in the world, but that consumers are having an increasingly-hard time making ends meet.
Also on Tuesday, more companies reported full year and 4th quarter 2025 results. Among them:
- Coca-Cola (KO) was short on revenue estimates; the stock is trading 2% lower pre-market
- CVS Health (CVS) met estimates but is flat in pre-market trading due to concerns over Medicare fraud
- Fiserve (FISV) disappointed with flattish earnings, down 3.5% before the bell
- S&P Global (SPGI) beat on revenue, missed on EPS, poor guidance sends stock 15% lower
- AstraZeneca (AZN) attributes strong Q4 to cancer drugs, stock up 1-2%
- Marriott (MAR) in line with estimates, up 3.5%
Stock futures are flat-lining, gold and silver are down modestly. Gold, $5,058; silver, $81.87
Looks like another slow session ahead of tomorrow’s delayed January Non-farm Payrolls.
At the Close, Monday, February 9, 2026:
Dow: 50,135.87, +20.20 (+0.04%)
NASDAQ: 23,238.67, +207.46 (+0.90%)
S&P 500: 6,964.82, +32.52 (+0.47%)
NYSE Composite: 23,340.74, +87.92 (+0.38%)
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