Gold, silver, & oil prices: Commodities check-in

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Wed, February 18, 2026 at 5:30 AM GMT+9

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GC=F

-3.01%

SI=F

-6.09%

CL=F

-0.91%

Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Ines Ferré checks in on commodity prices as the sell-off continues.

Gold (GC=F) fell below $5,000 on Tuesday, while silver (SI=F) has seen an even more drastic sell-off. Meanwhile, crude oil (CL=F, BZ=F) prices are under pressure as the US makes progress in its negotiations with Iran.

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Video Transcript

00:00 Speaker A

We’ve been seeing a sell-off when it comes to precious metals. If you take a look at gold, it’s down 3% right now.

00:05 Speaker A

That’s a significant fall for gold, uh down around 4,900 uh per ounce.

00:12 Speaker A

And keep in mind that part of this has to do with thin liquidity, the Chinese New Year that is in effect that basically has the Asian markets that are closed. And here’s where you can tell or where you notice the absence of Asian buyers because they have been so instrumental when it comes to the rally that we’ve seen in precious metals.

00:27 Speaker A

But make no mistake, the bank strategists are still saying that the gold trade is still intact. In part, this is because of central bank buying, lower interest rates and an easing dollar trend.

00:40 Speaker A

And when it comes to silver, we have seen a sell off even more significant in silver. Silver has been the more volatile of these two trades, down more than 5%. Strategists are not as bullish when it comes to silver necessarily, but gold certainly they do see prices climbing this year.

00:58 Speaker A

Then just taking a look at what’s happening with crude oil, we have seen crude oil down 8/10ths of a percent for WTI, Brent down 6/10ths of a percent. So around 67, just above 67s per barrel.

01:12 Speaker A

This in part has to do with the US and Iran talks, which have been progressing. So this has been putting pressure on prices.

01:21 Speaker A

For all the talk about um military action against Iran, etc. Analysts are saying, look, this is uh a year of uh mid-term elections and the Trump administration is going to want to keep energy prices low, especially going into the mid-terms.

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