Market Brief – 12 Feb 2026

In today’s episode of Market Brief – After Hours, markets tumble as AI disruption fears spark a broad risk-off move across Wall Street. The S&P 500 drops 1.57%, the Dow falls 669 points, and the Nasdaq sinks more than 2% in a sharp tech-led sell-off. We break down the software sector’s slide toward bear market territory, weakness in housing data, rising continuing jobless claims, and renewed recession concerns. The episode also covers record highs in Japan’s Nikkei, mixed European trading, oil falling after the IEA cuts its demand outlook, gold pulling back from record levels, and silver plunging more than 11%. Plus, detailed Forex technical analysis in EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, and AUD/USD, along with major stock movers including Cisco, AppLovin, Pinterest, Crocs, Equinix, and Adyen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.