Opening Mover

NVIDIA drops 0.36% in opening-hours trade - Nvidia (NVDA)

NVIDIA CORP (NVDA) moved 0.36% with volume near 112,381,122. We compare the move with NVDA (-0.36%) and peers in SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES.

Analyst commentary

What moved and why

Session breadth: 0 gainers vs 3 decliners. High-volume names: 3. Average move: -0.29%.

What happened

NVDA printed 0.36% downside from the prior reference close, with last price near 187.4.

Turnover reached 112,381,122, which places the move in the high-attention bucket for the current session.

Peer read-through

Peer action in SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES is mixed, so single-name risk remains elevated even after this move.

The cleaner signal is whether secondary names confirm the move over the next session window.

Trading implications

At close, confirmation usually depends on whether volume stays elevated into the final hour.

Use risk limits tied to realized volatility rather than headlines alone.

Seven-day trend

Market breadth
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GainersDeclinersHigh volume
Recent sessions table
DateGainersDeclinersHigh volumeAvg move
Feb 14, 2026002+0.04%
Feb 17, 2026233+0.36%
Feb 18, 2026503+0.72%
Feb 19, 2026133-0.26%

Top gainers

Momentum
GOOGL
+0.16%
TSLA
+0.12%
SPY
-0.19%
NVDA
-0.36%

Top decliners

Risk pockets
AAPL-0.91%
MSFT-0.57%
NVDA-0.36%
SPY-0.19%

Sector rotation

Relative strength
ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS-0.91%
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES-0.36%
Technology-0.20%
Market ETF-0.19%

Markets in focus

Country concentration
US-0.29%
Companies in focus

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Methodology

Transparency
  • Coverage universe: 6 liquid public tickers tracked for 2026-02-19.
  • Publication mode: opening-hours. Reports are generated only when the corresponding market window is valid.
  • Ranking combines absolute move, relative volume, market breadth, and sector dispersion.
  • Each draft is checked against trigger logic and edited for readability before publication.
  • Method notes are intentionally high-level and avoid implementation-specific source details.