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SanDisk announced the pricing for its secondary offering of common stock at $545.00 per share. A total of 5,821,135 new shares will be offered at this specific price.

New York silver futures broke through $76 per ounce, up 3.39% on the day.

According to the Financial Times, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde hopes to step down before the French presidential election next April.

According to the Financial Times, JPMorgan Chase plans to open more than 160 branches in more than 30 states by 2026.

February 18th, Futures News: Economies.com analysts' latest view: Spot silver prices rose in recent intraday trading, attempting to recover some losses, accompanied by an attempt to alleviate the clearly oversold condition on the Relative Strength Index (RSI), particularly given the positive signals shown by the indicator. Although this improvement is limited, negative pressure remains dominant as prices continue to trade below the 50-day exponential moving average (EMA50), reinforcing the short-term bearish corrective trend, especially as prices are moving along the secondary support trendline of this bearish path.

February 18th, Futures News: Economies.com analysts' latest view: WTI crude oil prices fell in recent intraday trading, with the technical signal turning to selling pressure after breaking below the short-term main uptrend line. This pressure persists as prices remain below the 50-day exponential moving average (EMA50), reinforcing the negative performance and limiting any near-term rebound opportunities. These developments, accompanied by negative signals from the Relative Strength Index (RSI), support the possibility of a continuation of the bearish trajectory in the near term.

February 18th, Futures News: Economies.com analysts' latest view: Brent crude oil futures prices fluctuated in the previous trading day, mainly due to the stable support level of $66.95, which provided some upward momentum and helped temporarily halt the previous decline. Prices have reached the resistance level of the EMA50 moving average, breaking the main upward trend in the short term, while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has also shown negative signals.

New York gold futures extended gains to 1.00% on the day, currently trading at $4,955.50 per ounce.

Market news: Yotta Data's GPU deployment project in partnership with NVIDIA (NVDA.O) has a total investment of over $2 billion and is expected to be operational by August 2026.

Market news: India's Yotta Data has signed a four-year cooperation agreement with Nvidia (NVDA.O) worth more than $1 billion.

On February 18th, Qualcomm (QCOM.O) announced plans to invest up to $150 million to support India's expanding ecosystem of technology and artificial intelligence startups, according to a statement. The funds will be channeled through Qualcomm Ventures to startups at various stages of development, with a focus on AI applications in the automotive, IoT, robotics, and mobile sectors.

According to futures news on February 18th, as of the week ending February 14th, Japanese commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 364,589 kiloliters from the previous week to 9,712,459 kiloliters. Japanese gasoline inventories increased by 82,325 kiloliters from the previous week to 1,706,551 kiloliters. Japanese kerosene inventories decreased by 177,598 kiloliters from the previous week to 1,455,421 kiloliters. The average operating rate of Japanese refineries was 89.0%, compared to 89.2% the previous week.

Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith: Today in New Delhi, we shared Microsoft's (MSFT.O) plan to invest $50 billion by the end of this decade to help roll out artificial intelligence across the Global South. Our five-part plan aims to make AI ubiquitous, enabling communities to access the resources they need to reach, trust, and apply AI to solve local problems, and to track its progress.

February 18th - According to data from Maoyan Professional Edition, the total box office of new films released during the 2026 Spring Festival has exceeded 1.7 billion yuan. "Pegasus 3", "Silent Assassination", and "Boonie Bears: The Big Adventure" are currently ranked as the top three films in the Spring Festival box office chart.

On February 18th, Goldman Sachs economists stated in a report that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's monetary policy statement, particularly its forward guidance, was more dovish than expected. While the market had already factored in a 40 basis point increase in the official cash rate by 2026, the central bank indicated that policy settings are likely to remain accommodative for some time. Economists noted that the RBA conveyed confidence that inflation will fall back to the mid-2% range over the next 12 months, but also warned of the recent unexpected rise in overall inflation. Given the large amount of spare capacity in the economy, Goldman Sachs expects a strong economic recovery while inflationary pressures will remain moderate. They stated, "We believe the RBA's statement today is consistent with the view that the bank's first rate hike will be postponed to the fourth quarter of 2026."

New York gold futures touched $4,950 per ounce, up 0.90% on the day.

February 18th - Voting began in the Japanese House of Representatives' prime ministerial nomination election on the afternoon of February 18th, local time. Earlier that morning, the Sanae Takaichi cabinet resigned en masse, and both houses of the Japanese Diet will hold their respective prime ministerial nomination elections. According to regulations, members of parliament can cast blank ballots in the prime ministerial nomination election. In the first round of voting, the candidate receiving more than half the votes wins directly. If no candidate receives more than half the votes, including blank ballots, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to a runoff round.