#usa #investing #wallstreet - Stocks Gain as Court Blocks Tariffs; Yields Climb | The Close 2/20/2026: Bloomberg

21 February 2026

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street.

Today's guests are Former US secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, BNY Wealth’s Sinead Colton Grant, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Yale University’s Gautam Mukunda, Teneo’s Kevin Kajiwara, CUNY’s Paul Krugman, Franklin Templeton’s Berkeley Belknap, AI Entrepreneur & Investor Matt Shumer, Akamai’s Tom Leighton, and Coresight’s Max Kahn.

Symbol		Price	Change %
IBOVESPA		190,534.42	+1.06%
Nasdaq		22,886.07	+0.90%
S&P 500		6,909.51	+0.69%
S&P/TSX Composite index		33,817.51	+0.66%
Dow 30		49,625.97	+0.47%
Russell 2000		2,663.78	-0.05%
US Dollar Index		97.79	-0.14%
VIX		19.09	-5.64%