5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday

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📊 5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday: The sell-off continued on Wall Street Monday as investors grow increasingly concerned about the possibility of a recession. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite saw the biggest decline of the major indexes, plummeting 4% and marking its worst session since September 2022. Tech stocks were hit especially hard, as the seven most valuable tech companies lost more than $750 billion in market value on Monday. CNBC reports.

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📉 Speculative stocks hit hardest as equity sell-off accelerates: The flight from risk taking place in US equities has been painful for the tech giants who were last year’s big winners, but it pales in comparison to the walloping being doled out in the more speculative fringes of the market. Yahoo Finance reports.

⚡ Tesla stock tumbles 15%, marking steepest decline in five years: Tesla’s sell-off on Wall Street intensified on Monday, with shares of the electric vehicle maker plunging 15%, their worst day on the market since September 2020. CNBC reports.

✈️ Airline stocks drop as Delta cuts profit forecast, fueling travel concerns: Shares of major U.S. airlines slumped in premarket trading on Tuesday after Delta Air Lines slashed its profit forecast, stoking concerns about the hit to travel from a weakening U.S. economy. The legacy airline's shares fell 10%, while peers United Airlines and American Airlines were down 8% and 6%, respectively. Yahoo Finance reports.

📉 Palantir slides 10%, now nearly 40% below record high amid market sell-off: Palantir's stock was among the S&P 500’s worst performers Monday, as shares extended losses since hitting an all-time high last month. The AI analytics company’s stock price plunged 10% to close at $76.38—bringing it nearly 40% off its record close at $124.62 on February 18. Investopedia reports.

🍕 Domino’s UK sees profit rise as discounts drive strong order volume: Britain's Domino's Pizza Group reported an about 4% rise in underlying annual core profit on Tuesday, on increasing orders boosted by discount offerings. The pizza chain reported an underlying EBITDA of 143.4 million pounds ($185.07 million) for the 52 weeks ended December 29, 2024, compared to 138.1 million pounds in the 53 weeks to December 31, 2023. Yahoo Finance reports.

☁️ Oracle projects strong AI-driven growth through 2027: Oracle CEO Safra Catz on Monday gave a strong growth outlook for its fiscal 2026 and 2027, indicating that the skyrocketing demand for advanced artificial intelligence computing shows no signs of slowing down. The company expects fiscal 2026 revenue to grow 15% while fiscal 2027 revenue is forecast to grow 20%, both surpassing analysts' estimates, according to data compiled by LSEG. Reuters reports.

(All pricing and percent gains are based on Early Pre-Market from 4:00 AM to 7:00 AM Eastern Time)
Benzinga reports.

1) $AWH: Aspira Womens Health
Total gain: + 88.08%

2) $TSVT: 2seventy bio
Total gain: +75.89%

3) $CUTR: Cutera
Total gain: +49.92%

4) $SNOA: Sonoma Pharmaceuticals
Total gain: +46.59%

5) $TNON: Tenon Medical
Total gain: +40.79%

*Estimate and Actual numbers represent Earnings Per Share in US Dollars

CSBR: Champions Oncology
3Q 2025
After Market Close
Estimate: -0.010
Actual: N/A

SMSI: Smith Micro Software
4Q 2024
After Market Close
Estimate: -0.110
Actual: N/A

GRPN: Groupon
4Q 2024
After Market Close
Estimate: 0.210
Actual: N/A

Time (ET) / Report / Period

6:00 AM - NFIB optimism index - Feb.
10:00 AM - Job openings - Jan.

“In a narrow market, when prices are not getting anywhere to speak of but move within a narrow range, there is no sense in trying to anticipate what next big movement is going to be.”

- Edwin Lefèvre

Sourced in: “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, by Edwin Lefèvre, published in 1923