Exxon Mobil Corporation

Chevron Corporation

BP p.l.c.

Shell plc

Brent was up 2% after rising 4% a day earlier

Oil prices rise to six-month high: Trump gave Iran 10 days

Walmart Inc.

Carvana Co.

Figma

EBAY INC EBAY ORD

Etsy, Inc.

DoorDash, Inc.

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Amazon.com, Inc.

Global Payments Inc.

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

Moody's Corporation

Garmin Ltd.

Moderna, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: investors will focus on corporate news

Micron Technology, Inc.

An ETF tracking software developer stocks added 1.3% for the day

The S&amp;P 500 rose for the third day in a row. Investors are watching the Fed and the risks of war with Iran

Iran is rushing to prepare for war in case talks fail, WSJ writes

Oil up 5%: Vance says Iran unwilling to concede, admits use of force

Oil prices jumped 3% on Wednesday amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran and the abrupt end of Russian-Ukrainian talks in Geneva just two hours after they began, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-prices-lose-ground-hopes-de-escalation-us-iran-tensions-2026-02-18/">reported</a>. Iran has temporarily blocked part of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil supply route - according to the official version, because of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps exercises. On Thursday, February 19, Iran and Russia <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/oil-prices-fall-slightly-on-hopes-of-de-escalation-from-us-iran-talks-.html">will conduct</a> joint exercises in the Sea of Oman and the northern part of the Indian Ocean. While the market is pricing in the risk of a closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a new wave of escalation, India - one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil - is cutting its imports to their lowest levels since 2022 and turning back to Middle Eastern suppliers, Reuters sources <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-share-indias-january-oil-142727785.html">said</a>. Against the backdrop of these shifts, an uncomfortable question arises: how marketable the Urals price and its discount to Brent remains, if the largest buyer of this oil is linked to its seller. Oil industry expert Sergey Vakulenko <a href="https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=25875782032030536&amp;id=100000762787435&amp;mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;rdid=gYshXuyY1DeOOMIo#">wrote a</a> great breakdown on his Facebook page, we publish it in full here

Who sets the Urals price in India - and what does Rosneft have to do with it?

Iran on Tuesday, February 17, partially blocked the Strait of Hormuz - strategically important for the world's oil supplies - for "security purposes" in connection with military exercises of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/iran-us-strait-of-hormuz-oil-nuclear-talks-geneva.html">reported</a> citing the country's state television.

Iran has partially blocked the world's most important oil corridor. What about oil prices?

ARKO Petroleum Corp. Class A Common Stock

Freedom clients can now participate in early trading in shares of fuel wholesaler ARKO Petroleum on the Freedom trading platform. It is the fuel wholesaler subsidiary of convenience store firm ARKO Corp. Later on Thursday, Friday 12, the company’s shares will debut during the Nasdaq regular session under the ticker <a href="https://tap.freedom24.com/to/quote/APC.US?utm_source=stocks&amp;utm_medium=APC.US&amp;utm_campaign=pfu15685513">APC</a>.

ARKO Petroleum IPO: Spun-off fuel wholesaler goes public on the Nasdaq

The price of Brent crude oil on February 11 increased by almost 2% at an intraday high and crossed the $70.7 per barrel mark. The last time oil prices <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/neft-vpervye-s-sentabra-probila-70-za-barrel-analitiki-zdut-ese-bol-sego-rosta">were</a> at this level was at the end of January. WTI, meanwhile, jumped more than 2% to $65.8.

"Tensions support prices": oil jumped 2% to breach $70 a barrel

British oil giant BP will suspend its share buyback program to fully channel excess cash flow "to accelerate the strengthening" of the company's balance sheet, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/bp-earnings-q4-full-year-oil-energy.html">reports </a>. This is a signal of pressure from low oil prices, the channel said.

BP to suspend buyback. The money is needed to strengthen the balance sheet amid cheap oil

Roblox Corporation

The Boeing Company

Oil stabilized amid expectations of US-Iran talks, which reduced geopolitical risks and weakened the price premium. Bitcoin hit a 16-month low amid a sell-off in technology stocks and investors' risk aversion. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of February 6.

The main thing for the morning: oil stabilized, bitcoin updated the minimum for 16 months

Shell's production growth in the quarter was notably behind US competitors

Shell profits collapse to lowest in five years due to oil prices. What about the stock?

The market was supported by good data on manufacturing activity