Asian shares traded largely decrease on Friday (February 13, 2026), reflecting heavy losses on Wall Road from a selloff in know-how shares as traders feared they might lose out on synthetic intelligence disruptions. US futures remained virtually unchanged.
The Nikkei Inventory Common in Tokyo fell 0.8% to 57,165.13 yen on Friday (February 13, 2026) after breaking above the 58,000 yen mark for the primary time early Thursday (February 12, 2026). SoftBank Group, which focuses on AI, fell 6.8% although the corporate introduced a quarterly revenue on Thursday (February 12, 2026), primarily because of its funding in OpenAI.
South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.4% to five,545.49, led by positive factors in know-how shares, after rising above 5,500 on Thursday (February 12, 2026). Samsung Electronics, the most important listed firm on the Kospi, rose 1.2%.
Hong Kong’s Dangle Seng fell 1.8% to 26,547.97. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.7% to 4,105.04.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was buying and selling 1.4% decrease at 8,919.30.
Wall Road suffered heavy losses on Thursday (February 12, 2026) as issues about AI dampened sentiment. The S&P 500 fell 1.6%, or $108.71, to six,832.76, its second-worst decline since Thanksgiving, however nonetheless near its all-time excessive set final month. The Dow Jones Industrial Common fell 1.3%, or $669.42, to $49,451.98. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2%, or 469.32, to 22,597.15.
US know-how big Cisco Methods fell 12.3% as traders apprehensive concerning the firm’s continued profitability regardless of reporting better-than-expected quarterly outcomes.
Shares of know-how firm AppLovin fell 19.7% regardless of the corporate’s better-than-expected quarterly revenue as issues that AI might damage its enterprise weighed on the inventory.
In current days, issues about AI disruption throughout industries have taken a toll on investor confidence in firms, particularly software program shares. Some analysts say uncertainty round AI disruption dangers is prone to persist for a while. Many remained involved about whether or not large-scale AI investments by firms would finally repay.
However different analysts are extra optimistic. Economists at Capital Economics, for instance, nonetheless imagine within the rise of AI, arguing that this 12 months will likely be a “good 12 months” for the S&P 500 as technology-driven positive factors pile up.
“Our sense stays {that a} sustained reversal of know-how outperformance would require a major decline in know-how itself,” Thomas Matthews, head of Asia-Pacific markets at Capital Economics, wrote in a current observe. “We predict know-how goes to do very nicely.” Amongst different U.S. shares, McDonald’s rose 2.7% after better-than-expected income. Walmart rose 3.8%.
Traders and economists are additionally paying shut consideration to U.S. inflation information because of be launched on Friday (February 13, 2026), which might affect the Federal Reserve’s rate of interest strikes. Some economists say additional price cuts are unlikely within the coming months.
In different buying and selling early Friday morning (February 13, 2026), benchmark U.S. crude oil fell 0.1% to $62.77 a barrel. Brent crude, the worldwide customary crude, fell lower than 0.1% to $67.49 per barrel.
Gold and silver costs rose on Friday (February 13, 2026). Gold costs rose practically 1% to $4,995.80 an oz, having beforehand been under $5,000. Silver costs rose 1.4% to $76.72 per ounce.
The greenback rose to 152.89 yen from 152.72 yen. The euro is buying and selling at $1.1867, down from $1.1871.
issued – February 13, 2026 12:52 PM IST
