February 17, 2026
🎧 Kapital Market Brief
Today’s key headlines:
🇩🇪 Germany: investor confidence unexpectedly declined in February.
🇬🇧 UK: the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since February 2021.
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran–U.S.: a new round of indirect nuclear talks begins in Geneva.
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