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Market Talk – February 18, 2026

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Market Talk 2017

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:

  • Bovespa declined by 645.09 points (-0.35%) to 185,819.21

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.