Stocks Slip and Oil Prices Jump
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:27.8 | Here's your closing bell brief for Thursday, February 19th. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:36.6 | U.S. stocks slipped today as investors weighed new corporate earnings and rising oil prices. |
| 0:40.1 | The Dow dropped half a percent during the afternoon session. |
| 0:44.7 | The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ each moved about 0.3 percent lower. |
| 0:48.7 | Brent crude futures rose toward $72 a barrel. |
| 0:55.4 | This advance followed a U.S. military buildup in the Middle East ahead of a possible strike on Iran. A rising trade deficit also influenced the cautious market sentiment. Among individual companies, Walmart shares fell 1.4%. |
| 1:04.0 | The retailer reported strong sales growth for the quarter, but said consumers remained cautious with their |
| 1:09.5 | spending. Carvana stock slid 8% today. |
| 1:13.4 | The used vehicle marketplace reported disappointing quarterly earnings, even though the company |
| 1:17.7 | achieved record car sales. Clarnah shares plunged 27% following its latest report. The Buy Now Pay |
| 1:25.0 | Later firm swung to a quarterly loss despite the company doubling its banking |
| 1:29.2 | customers. Avis Budget Group stock sank almost 22%. The company reported lower revenue and a fleet |
| 1:36.5 | impairment charge tied to its U.S. electric vehicle rentals. And Occidental Petroleum shares |
| 1:43.1 | gained 9%. |
| 1:44.2 | The energy producer reported adjusted earnings that beat expectations. |
| 1:48.6 | Higher oil prices also provided a boost to the stock. |
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