Feb 12 2026

 Market quick summary

• Indexes: Mixed but slightly positive. Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq-100 +0.4%, Russell 2000 +0.8%. S&P 500 near key level (could break up or fall below 50-day).

• Rates & macro: 10-yr yield ~4.16% (down from recent highs). Oil slightly lower. Jobless claims fell to 227k (higher than expected but still low). Home sales data pending.

Earnings & sectors

• Consumer/Staples strong: McDonald’s solid growth and market-share gains; Restaurant Brands and Anheuser-Busch also beat. Unilever announced buyback.

• Tech & chips: Cisco beat but margin concerns from rising memory costs; Samsung started shipping HBM4 (good for AI customers, mixed for some memory firms). Memory stocks generally up; SanDisk strongest.

• Mixed tech/software: AppLovin down despite beat; Check Point mixed; Palantir got U.S. gov’t expansion but cautious commentary from Michael Burry. Fastly surged on strong growth and outlook.

• Industrials/aerospace: Curtis-Wright, Cognex, and some chip equipment names posted solid gains. Granite Construction guided higher.

• Energy/shipping: Scorpio Tankers strong and raised dividend. Noble weak on outlook.

• Utilities: Mixed results across AEP, AEE, ETR.

• Materials: Albemarle loss but lithium outlook improving.

• Biotech: Viking Therapeutics jumped on obesity drug moving to Phase 3.

• Data center/REIT: Equinix missed EPS but strong forward guidance.

• Other movers: AST SpaceMobile down on $1B notes offering; some airlines, banks, and global firms mixed.

What’s next

• After-hours earnings: Applied Materials, Arista, Roku, Twilio, Coinbase, Rivian, others.

• Key macro tomorrow: CPI inflation repor