[MARKET UPDATE] Risk-off mood at the reopen of futures trading after last Friday's metals price collapse and with the US government in a partial shutdown, while data also showed that Chinese official PMIs slipped into contraction territory
- Emini S&P (-0.5%)
- Emni Nasdaq 100 (-0.8%), Bitcoin tumbled to below USD 80k over the weekend and is now beneath USD 77k, NVIDIA halts plan to invest USD 100bln in OpenAI.
- WTI crude Mar'26 futures (-3.2%): Eight OPEC+ members agreed to maintain pause, Russia eased some gasoline export restrictions.
- Gold (-1.6%) continues from Friday's historic slump.
01 Feb 2026 - 23:03- EnergyMarket Update- Source: Newsquawk
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