Market Talk – February 17, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 239.92 points or -0.42% to 56,566.49

• Shanghai closed

• Hang Seng closed

• ASX 200 increased 21.80 points or 0.24% to 8,958.90

• SENSEX increased 173.81 points or 0.21% to 83,450.96

• Nifty50 increased 42.65 points or 0.17% to 25,725.40

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00156 or -0.22% to 0.70563

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00052 or -0.09% to 0.60268

• USDJPY increased 0.015 or 0.01% to 153.487

• USDCNY increased 0.00311 or 0.05% to 6.88756

The above data was collected around 12:45 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 129.89 USD/t oz. or -2.60% to 4,861.22

• Silver decreased 3.091 USD/t. oz. or -4.10% to 72.339

The above data was collected around 12:56 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 44.96 points or 0.54% to 8,361.46

• FTSE 100 increased 82.48 points or 0.79% to 10,556.17

• DAX 30 increased 197.49 points or 0.80% to 24,998.40

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00118 or -0.10% to 1.18392

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00909 or -0.67% to 1.35411

• USDCHF increased 0.00129 or 0.17% to 0.77110

The above data was collected around 13:03 EST.  

NORTH AMERICA:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.626 USD/BBL or -1.00% to 62.264

• Brent decreased 1.491 USD/BBL or -2.17% to 67.198

• Natural gas decreased 0.2086 USD/MMBtu or -6.43% to 3.0344

• Gasoline increased 0.0028 USD/GAL or 0.15% to 1.9093

• Heating oil decreased 0.0071 USD/GAL or -0.30% to 2.3808

The above data was collected around 13:08 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (7.01%), Oat (2.79%), Live Cattle (1.50%) and Feeder Cattle (1.27%)

• Top commodity losers: Palladium (-4.36%), Natural Gas (-6.43%), Coffee (-4.28%) and Cocoa (-5.79%)

The above data was collected around 13:14 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1260% (-8.87bp), US 2’s 3.45% (+0.033%), US 10’s 4.060% (+1.2bps); US 30’s 4.69 (+0.004%), Bunds 2.7410% (-1.46bp), France 3.3160% (-3.02bp), Italy 3.367% (-1.1bp), Turkey 29.805% (+1bp), Greece 3.352% (-0.9bp), Portugal 3.116% (-0.9bp); Spain 3.170% (-1.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.383% (-1.92bp)                              

The above data was collected around 13:18 EST.