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Sensex Goes Vertical
Indian markets surged, with the Sensex up over 2,000 points on the India–U.S. trade deal boost.
Ankit Sinha
February 04, 2026
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Banana Bits: Finance headlines that actually matter
Market Summary: Markets slip as tech stocks perform badly
What’s Ripe / Rotten: The tastiest and most disgusting stocks today
Technical Trip: Interview Q&A from Morgan Stanley
Lesson from the Library: Understand how firms restructure debt, stabilize operations, and recover value under stress.
Deal Deep Dive: M&A, IPO, and transaction breakdowns
The Daily Poll: See how you stack up
Student Success Corner: He didn’t give up: from Germany to Investment Banking in the U.S.
📉 Banana Bits
U.S. stocks slid as tech weakened under a heavy earnings load.
Investors rotated out of Big Tech and into small caps.
Major U.S. indexes finished mixed after a choppy session.
Indian markets surged, with the Sensex up over 2,000 points on the India–U.S. trade deal boost.
LSEG shares lagged the broader market on Tuesday.
Market News
Markets Slip As Tech Stocks Perform Badly
Today’s market saw U.S stock markets retreat a bit, with all three major indexes finishing lower.
The Nasdaq fell the most, dropping more than 1% as technology shares came under pressure, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones also declined slightly. A main reason for this selling was investor concern about how new artificial intelligence tools might disrupt traditional software and analytics businesses, leading many tech and software stocks to weaken.
Market behavior was mixed across different asset types and regions. Metals like silver and gold went up sharply, bouncing back from recent lows.
European markets also felt the downward trend from tech weakness, with their major indexes slightly lower. And in Asia, some markets showed signs of cautious trading ahead of economic data.
What's Ripe
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) 6.8%
Palantir’s shares went up as investors reacted to strong quarterly earnings and a very upbeat revenue outlook.
Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 1.8%
Cboe’s stock rose as it outperformed competitors on a strong trading day, with solid volume and resilience even as the major indexes slipped.
What's Rotten
JFrog (FROG) 6.7%
JFrog’s shares fell significantly after investors were worried that artificial intelligence could disrupt its software business model.
Robinhood (HOOD) 3.2%
Robinhood’s stock went down as cr*pto prices dropped, raising concerns that lower trading activity could potentially hurt the broker’s revenue.
🧠 Technical Trip
Interview Q&A from Morgan Stanley
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📚 Lesson from the Library
🎥 Corporate Restructuring Program: Fixing Businesses Under Pressure
Understand how firms restructure debt, stabilize operations, and recover value under stress.
🦈 Deal Dispatch
M&A, IPOs, And Other Notable Transactions
Santander is pushing deeper into U.S. retail banking with its $12.2B Webster deal.
Merit extended its M&A streak by acquiring Detroit-based TL Financial.
Colliers agreed to buy Ayesa Engineering in a $700M cross-border deal.
Colombier Acquisition Corp. III priced a $260M IPO.
BlackRock takeover chatter sent one stock racing toward a breakout.
📊The Daily Poll
Why did Indian markets jump so hard? |
Previous Poll:
What changes most after Donald Trump’s trade deal with India?
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Student Success Corner
He Didn’t Give Up: From Germany to Investment Banking in the U.S.
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Banana Brain Teaser
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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, representing a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost per camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer’s initial cost. What was the dealer’s approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras?
Answer: 13% Profit
Today
Of the 300 subjects who participated in an experiment using virtual-reality therapy to reduce their fear of heights, 40% experienced sweaty palms, 30% experienced vomiting, and 75% experienced dizziness. If all of the subjects experienced at least one of these effects and 35% of the subjects experienced exactly two of these effects, how many of the subjects experienced only one of these effects?
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