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Market Talk – February 18, 2026

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Market Talk – February 18, 2026
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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 577.35 points or 1.02% to 57,143.84

• Shanghai closed

• Hang Seng closed

• ASX 200 increased 48.10 points or 0.54% to 9,007.00

• SENSEX increased 283.29 points or 0.34% to 83,734.25

• Nifty50 increased 93.95 points or 0.37% to 25,819.35

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00412 or -0.58% to 0.70449

• NZDUSD decreased 0.0081 or -1.34% to 0.59690

• USDJPY increased 1.493 or 0.97% to 154.828

• USDCNY increased 0.00604 or 0.09% to 6.89184

The above data was collected around 14:23 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 103.14 USD/t oz. or 2.11% to 4,982.42

• Silver increased 3.36 USD/t. oz. or 4.57% to 76.900

The above data was collected around 14:27 EST.

 

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 67.57 points or 0.81% to 8,429.03

• FTSE 100 increased 130.01 points or 1.23% to 10,686.18

• DAX 30 increased 279.81 points or 1.12% to 25,278.21

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00704 or -0.59% to 1.17850

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00672 or -0.50% to 1.34995

• USDCHF increased 0.0027 or 0.35% to 0.77297

The above data was collected around 14:32 EST.  

NORTH AMERICA:

US/AMERICAS:

DJIA advanced by 129.47 points (0.26%) to 49,662.66

S&P 500 advanced by 38.09 points (0.56%) to 6,881.31

NASDAQ advanced by 175.25 points (0.78%) to 22,753.635

Russell 2000 advanced by 12.02 points (0.45%) to 2,658.606

Canada Market Closings:

TSX Composite advanced by 493.18 points (1.50%) to 33,389.73

TSX 60 advanced by 28.76 points (1.51%) to 1,938.05

Brazil Market Closing:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 2.658 USD/BBL or 4.27% to 64.988

• Brent increased 2.766 USD/BBL or 4.10% to 70.186

• Natural gas decreased 0.0185 USD/MMBtu or -0.61% to 3.0125

• Gasoline increased 0.0522 USD/GAL or 2.73% to 1.9625

• Heating oil increased 0.1224 USD/GAL or 5.12% to 2.5130

The above data was collected around 14:34 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (5.12%), Crude Oil (4.27%), Silver (4.57%) and Cheese (4.76%)

• Top commodity losers: Butter (-0.88%), Lumber (-1.92%), Rice (-4.36%) and Cocoa (-3.51%)

 

The above data was collected around 14:40 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1400% (+1.36bp), US 2’s 3.47% (+0.015%), US 10’s 4.084% (+2bps); US 30’s 4.71 (+0.018%), Bunds 2.7424% (+0.04bp), France 3.3118% (-0.65bp), Italy 3.3625% (+0.33bp), Turkey 29.815% (+197.5bp), Greece 3.354% (-0.1bp), Portugal 3.119% (+0.9bp); Spain 3.170% (+0.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.375% (-0.77bp)                            

The above data was collected around 14:45 EST.



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