• For the week ending Friday, February 13, 2026, U.S. stock markets posted their largest weekly losses of the year as intense concerns over AI-driven industry disruption overshadowed positive economic data.
  
  
  Key Market Drivers
  
  * The "AI Jitters": A new AI automation tool sparked a massive $285 billion rout mid-week, causing investors to dump shares in software, financial services, and logistics sectors over fears of business model displacement.
  
  * Inflation Relief: Friday's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report offered some relief, showing headline inflation slowed to 2.4% in January—its lowest reading since mid-2021.
  
  * Mixed Jobs Data: The delayed January payrolls report showed modest labor strength with 50,000 jobs added and the unemployment rate ticking down to 4.3%, though private-sector growth was slower than expected.
  
  * Corporate Moves: Kroger named a former Walmart executive its new CEO, while Kyndryl shares nosedived 55% following a slashed outlook and SEC document requests.
  
  Fixed Income & Commodities
  
  * Treasury Yields: The 10-year Treasury yield slipped to 4.20% as investors sought safety in core bonds.
  
  * Crypto & Gold: Bitcoin remained volatile, trading near $70,800 after nearly falling to $60,000 mid-week. Gold futures rebounded to finish at $5,100 per ounce.
  
  Sector Performance Details
  
  * Software (-1.43% week / -20% YTD): A historic "AI freakout" erased nearly $2 trillion in market cap from this sector in early February. Investors fear that new AI "agents" (like Anthropic’s legal plugins and OpenAI's "Frontier") could cannibalize traditional SaaS business models. - Hardest Hit: Atlassian (-47% YTD), Intuit (-40% YTD), and Salesforce (-30% YTD).
  
  * Financial Services (-4.85% week): The sell-off spread here as AI tools for tax planning and wealth management began threatening traditional brokerage fees. - Hardest Hit: LPL Financial (-12.2%) and Charles Schwab (-10.8%).
  
  * Utilities (+7.07% week / +8% YTD): The top-performing sector this week, reaching its best start to a year in 25 years. Investors are betting on the massive electricity demand required to power AI data centers. - Top Gainers: Constellation Energy (+10.3%) and Entergy.
  
  * Energy (+1.67% week / +21% YTD): Energy remains the undisputed market leader for 2026, benefiting from a "tectonic shift" as capital seeks tangible cash flows over tech speculation.
  
  Weekly Sector Performance for Feb 9-13, 2026:
  
  $XLE Energy: 2.07%, RSI: 71.65
  $XLK Technology: -1.11%, RSI: 42.87
  $XLC Communication: -1.02%, RSI: 40.64
  $XLY Consumer Discretionary: -1.53%, RSI: 34.82
  $XLP Consumer Staples: 1.79%, RSI: 80.50
  $XLF Financial: -4.81%, RSI: 34.75
  $XLV Health Care: -0.03%, RSI: 55.48
  $XLI Industrials: 0.57%, RSI: 69.09
  $XLB Materials: 3.49%, RSI: 69.99
  $XLRE Real Estate: 3.60%, RSI: 71.80
  $XLU Utilities: 7.27%, RSI: 77.72
  
• Final Words: Market indicates Greed. No New Buys
  
  Below is last week sector performance

  

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