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Happy Thursday. This is TheStreet’s Stock Market Today for Feb. 19, 2026. You can follow the latest updates on the market here in our daily live blog.

The U.S. markets are now closed. The Russell 2000 (+0.25%) finished out the day as the only index in the green, rallying in strength in the closing 15 minutes of trading.

Meanwhile, large cap indexes such as the S&P 500(-0.28%), Nasdaq (-0.31%), and Dow (-0.54%) struggled today amid geopolitical worries. The prospect of a conflict with Iran is hanging over markets, pushing up commodity prices like oil and gold, while weighing on equities.

Worries from yesterday's FOMC Minutes also persisted into today, joined by fresh woes about the state of private credit. Fresh reverberations from the industry were a mainstay of the market today, with firms like Blue Owl leading alternative asset managers lower:

Coming up after the market closes, Newmont Corp., Comfort Systems, and Consolidated Edison will be among the largest reports. Also, Live Nation Entertainment, Texas Roadhouse, and Sprouts Farmers Market might offer an interesting perspective on the state of the consumer.

Heading into the latter part of the trading day, stocks are more or less where they opened the day, after an attempt at a comeback trade faded. The Dow (-0.55%) is off more than half a percentage point, while the Nasdaq (-0.39%), Russell 2000 (-0.39%), and S&P 500 (-0.36%) have crowded together amid a retreat in the broader market.

Let's take a look at what stocks are winning and losing today:

Remitly Global (+26%) is having a dominant performance today, the top stock of the day after CEO Matt Oppenheimer announced he would step down and be succeeded by an executive at American bank Santander.

Klarna Group (-26%) was the worst performer of the day among firms worth at least $2 billion. Despite its revenue surpassing $1 billion, the company swung to a loss as costs rose at the business.

Avis Budget Group (-23%) also had some trouble in its report, missing in its P.M. report yesterday. The company's loss was significantly higher than expected, while revenue failed to clear expectations.

In other notable declines, Carvana fell 8% today after its P.M. report also spooked investors, drumming up conversation around short seller reports into the company.

Blue Owl Capital is also on today's loser list after suspending withdrawals from one of its retail-facing private credit funds. More on that in a short bit.

The stock market is open. This morning, 60.7% (3,373) U.S. issues are declining according to FinViz, with yesterday's FOMC Minutes and this morning's economic data appearing to do a number on stocks this morning.

At first glance, investors are still marinating on it. The Nasdaq (-0.08%) and S&P 500 (-0.13%) are both down by a few basis points out of the gate, while the Dow (-0.39%) and Russell 2000 (-0.51%) have undone yesterday's gains. However, with the session barely started, it appears the indexes' declines could be steepening. We'll check back in soon.

In S&P 500 related antics, just five sectors of the index are in the green today, lifted by energy (+1.37%), utilities (+0.86%), and communication (+0.62%). On the flip side, financials (-0.68%), health care (-0.65%), and discretionary (-0.63%) are seeing the largest declines.

Per reports from the last few days, President Donald Trump appears keen to involve the U.S. in a conflict with Iran, which has pushed up the price of various commodities. Today, those commodities are more tempered, even as the President foreshadows the use of force in the region. Continuous futures in Gold (+0.38% to $5,028.30) and Silver (+0.55% to $78.025) are getting a nice bump from the worries. Crude Oil (+2.04% to $66.38) is leaping by even bigger amounts because of the possible effects.

This morning, the Dollar Index hit a four-week high, at 98.074. That's a nice recovery after President Donald Trump's new Fed nominee, Kevin Warsh, briefly shook up the markets with worries about his more dovish attitude on the markets. Concurrently, the 10Y Treasury today is just 0.7 bips higher at 4.088%.

Good morning. Stock futures this morning appear to be down, continuing a late day decline from yesterday. It appears to be related to the release of the Federal Reserve's FOMC Minutes, which showed a mix of perspectives on the trajectory for interest rates. We'll have more on that once the market opens in about 30 minutes.

Until then, let's take a look at this morning's earnings and economic data slate that awaits:

This morning, retail giant Walmart reported earnings, joined by Deere, Rio Tinto, and Southern Company, among others. Stocks with their price in green have started off the day in the green after their earnings, a sign of a positive report.

This morning has been anticipated for the sheer volume of economic data on the docket, much of which is already out:

Initial Jobless Claims(Feb. 14): 206K (down from 229K last week)

Continuing Claims (Feb. 7): 1.869 million (up from 1.852 million)

Both the Balance of Trade and Goods Trade Balance worsened as imports rose; exports declined.

Despite that, the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Feb) came in at 16.3, up from 12.6 last month.

There's also plenty more to come after the market opens:

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