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Your daily horoscope: February 2, 2026

  IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY You can sense that changes are coming and that means you will be ready for them. While everyone else is running around in a panic this year you will be the picture of calm, making you well placed to take advantage of what occurs. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Something you once believed without question won’t look so cut and dried today and you may have to consider the possibility that you got it seriously wrong. But so what? You are human like everyone else – and it’s really no big deal. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21): If someone refuses to give you what you want today you will, of course, be angry about it. But further down the line you may look back and recognize they made that decision for your own good. For now though, let them know you are not amused. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21): Make an effort to stand outside yourself and see what effect your choices and your actions have on other people. You probably don’t realize that what you do, and even what you sa...
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Stock Market Today: Investors Weigh Earnings and Trump's Stance on China

                                     

US stock futures struggled on Friday to pick up on the recent rally as investors filtered through the latest batch of earnings and weighed Donald Trump's hints at a softer stance on China tariffs. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) fell almost 0.3%, while S&P 500 futures (ES=F) nudged below the flat line after the index hit its first record high of 2025 on Thursday. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) were also little changed.

President Trump's call at Davos for cuts to US interest rates, oil prices, and taxes spurred investor optimism for his policies, buoying stocks. The major gauges are set to end the holiday-shortened week with gains above 2%, demonstrating the power of Trump's comments even as Wall Street questions his ability to order the changes. On Thursday, Trump said he'd "rather not" impose tariffs on China — a softening in stance that eased some fears over the potential for trade war. Chinese stocks (000300.SS) rose after the remarks in a Fox interview.

Spirits are also getting a boost from a strong start to earnings season, with Verizon (VZ) and American Express (AXP) on Friday's docket. But a key test is looming with Big Tech's big players set to report results next week. Meanwhile, Boeing (BA) shares slipped after the jet maker said it expects to book a $3.5 billion quarterly loss thanks to strikes and layoffs. Elsewhere in markets, oil (CL=F, BZ=F) prices gained on Thursday, but were still on track for a weekly loss as markets rode the Trump roller-coaster.

Investors were assessing not just the China shift but also the president's demand that OPEC bring down the cost of crude. Gold (GC=F) closed in on a record high as the dollar (DX-Y.NYB) pulled back, making the metal cheaper. Preliminary readings on US manufacturing and services activity in January will shed light on how the economy is faring ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week.



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