China ** newspaper reporter Guo Minjun.
Good morning, everyone! Last night and this morning, a lot of big things happened.
The Dow and S&P 500 both hit record highs, and Facebook soared more than 14 trillion yuan.
Biden said he instructed U.S. forces to strike targets in Syria and Iraq. North Korea announced test launches of cruise missiles and new anti-aircraft missiles. Russia claimed to have hit the ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army, and Ukraine claimed to have attacked a number of Russian positions.
The Dow and S&P 500 both hit record highs
On February 2, Eastern time, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed up across the board. As of **, the Dow Jones rose 035% at 3865442 points; The S&P 500 rose 107% to 495861 points, both hit a record high. The Nasdaq rose 174% at 1562895 points. This week, the Dow rose 143%, the S&P 500 rose 138%, the Nasdaq rose 112%。
Technology stocks are the majority**. Facebook rose 2032%, a record high. Amazon rose 787%, Microsoft rose 184%, Google up 086%, Apple fell 054%, Netflix fell 051%。
Chip stocks collectively **, Nvidia rose 497%, a record high, Chaowei Semiconductor rose 421%, TSMC rose 208%, Broadcom rose 203%, GF rose 112%, Qualcomm rose 041%。
Anti-epidemic stocks fell across the board, and Moderna fell 154%, Gilead Sciences fell 154%, Novavax Pharmaceuticals fell 224%, Biontech fell 197%, AstraZeneca fell 181%。
Facebook soared over 14 trillion yuan.
On February 2, Eastern time, driven by multiple positive factors such as long-exceeded expectations, huge buybacks and first dividends, Facebook (Meta) stock price once rose 2310% and finally closed at 474$99, up 2032%, with a market value of more than 205.3 billion US dollars, about 1 yuan4 trillion yuan.
According to Bloomberg data, on February 2, Eastern time, Facebook's single-day market capitalization** hit a record high for U.S. stocks. The previous record for the size of a single day's market capitalization** was set and held by Apple on November 10, 2022.
Facebook's fourth-quarter revenue reached $40.1 billion, beating analysts' average expectations of $39 billion. Among them, the advertising business continued to contribute the majority of revenue, achieving revenue of $38.7 billion in the fourth quarter. Net income soared to $14 billion, with earnings per share reaching 5$33, also exceeded expectations. Looking ahead to the first quarter through March, revenue is expected to reach a maximum of $37 billion, above analysts' consensus estimate of $33.6 billion.
Facebook also shocked Wall Street by announcing an additional $50 billion** buyback, as well as its first-ever dividend of 50 cents per share.
With the skyrocketing of Facebook, Zuckerberg's wealth surged by $27 billion, and his current net worth is $169.5 billion, setting a new personal record and surpassing Bill Gates to fourth place on the Bloomberg billionaires list.
Popular Chinese concept stocks are generally **
On February 2, Eastern time, popular Chinese concept stocks were generally **. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 162%。Sixiang infinitely fell 5893%, and Wunong Technology fell 1545%, Yitao International fell 1458%, leading the decline of Chinese concept stocks.
In terms of gains, Chengchuang Interconnection rose 3256%, Kuke** rose 3087%, Golden Sun Education rose 2324%, leading the rise of Chinese concept stocks.
In addition, Gaotu Group rose 1041%, New Oriental rose 404%, good future up 146%。
China's new energy vehicle stocks fell across the board, and NIO fell 298%, Xpeng Motors fell 331%, Li Auto fell 278%。
Biden said he instructed U.S. troops to attack
Targets in Syria and Iraq
According to CCTV News, on February 2, local time, Biden issued a statement saying that under his instructions, the U.S. military attacked the facilities and targets used by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militias to attack the U.S. military in Iraq and Syria that day.
On the same day, U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin issued a statement saying that under the instructions of Biden, the U.S. military carried out attacks on seven facilities used by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militia groups to attack the U.S. military, including more than 85 targets of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated militia groups in Iraq and Syria.
Iran** quoted Syrian sources on the 3rd local time as saying that at 4 p.m. EST on February 2, the United States launched an airstrike on eastern Syria, which has killed 10 people and injured 19 people in Syria.
According to Iraqi Sumerian News, in the early morning of February 3, Baghdad time, Iraq, the city of Qaem, which borders Syria on the Iraqi border, was attacked by US troops. It is reported that the target of the US military attack was the operational headquarters of the Iraqi Shiite militia group "Popular Mobilization Organization" located in Anbar Province in western Iraq.
According to CCTV News, on February 2, local time, the U.S. ** Command issued a statement saying that at 16 o'clock Eastern time on February 2, the U.S. military carried out airstrikes on more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria, targeting the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force and its affiliated militia groups, as a retaliation for the attack on the U.S. military base in Jordan a few days ago. The statement said that the US military used many aircraft, including long-range bombers taking off from the United States, and used more than 125 precision munitions to attack more than 85 targets.
According to the statement, the facilities that were attacked included the command and control operations center, the intelligence center, rocket and missile, unmanned aerial vehicle warehouses, as well as the logistics and ammunition chain facilities of the militia and its Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sponsors.
On January 28, local time, the "Tower 22" of the US military base in northeastern Jordan was attacked by drones, killing 3 US soldiers and injuring more than 40 others. John Kirby, the White House Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, said on January 31 that the U.S. believes the attack was planned by the Iraqi militia "Islamic Resistance Group".
According to Reuters and AFP, John Kirby, spokesman for the White House Committee, said on February 2 local time that the United States informed Iraq before carrying out air strikes on targets in Iraq that day.
The Iraqi military previously issued a statement condemning the U.S. military's air strikes on targets in Iraq as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty.
In the early morning of February 3, local time in Iraq, the Iraqi militia group "Popular Mobilization Organization" issued a statement confirming that its operational command in Anbar Province, Iraq, and the armored battalion of its subordinate "Tafuf Brigade" were attacked by US troops.
The statement denied reports that Qasim Musleh, commander of the Popular Mobilization Group, was in the airstrike.
North Korea announced the launch of cruise missiles.
and test firing of new anti-aircraft missiles
According to CCTV News, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 3** local time, North Korea conducted a test of the power of a super-large warhead of a cruise missile and a test launch of a new anti-aircraft missile in the western waters on February 2.
Russia claims to have hit the ammunition depot of the Ukrainian armyUkraine said it had airstrikes on a number of Russian positionsAccording to CCTV News, on February 2, local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a war report saying that the Russian army repelled many attacks by the Ukrainian army in Kupyansk, Redman, Donetsk and other directions on the same day, and hit targets such as ammunition depots and artillery systems of the Ukrainian army. The Russian army also intercepted a number of rockets and drones of the Ukrainian army. In addition, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on the same day that the Russian army carried out more than 100 precision strikes on the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian army throughout January.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army has engaged in dozens of battles with the Russian army in several directions and repelled several attacks by the Russian army. The Ukrainian Air Force carried out a number of air strikes on the positions of Russian personnel and equipment, and the Ukrainian missile forces hit a number of Russian ammunition depots.
Editor: Captain Review: Xu Wen.