INSTAT B US Markets Daily Pulse Report,, including Canadian & Latin American companies traded today on NYSE/Nasdaq, February 12, 2026
Defensive Hiding Intensifies as Nasdaq Enters Correction Territory; Energy/Utilities Show Extreme Bifurcation, LatAm Remains Lone Risk-On Outlier
Executive Summary
The February 12 session confirmed a decisive shift in short term character: capital is now explicitly hiding, not rotating. With the Nasdaq down -2.04% and the S&P -1.57% on the 1D, breadth collapsed into Utilities, Staples, and select Real Estate subsectors. This is not healthy sector leadership; it is defensive consolidation with an u…
