NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 21:49 ET — Market closed.
- Booking Holdings ended up $0.81 at $5,441.33 after a choppy session.
- Nasdaq data flagged a roughly $260 million weekly outflow from an ETF that counts Booking among its largest holdings. 1
- Investors are watching a Dec. 31 cash dividend and the next earnings report, estimated for Feb. 19. 2
Booking Holdings shares finished nearly flat on Monday, closing at $5,441.33 after trading in a roughly $58 range during the session.
The muted close masked a familiar late-December dynamic: fund flows and thin liquidity can matter as much as company headlines, especially for high-priced, widely held stocks.
That matters now because U.S. markets are heading into a holiday stretch, with New Year’s Day falling on Thursday and U.S. equity markets shut. 3
Booking opened at $5,443.39, dipped as low as $5,403.94 and topped out at $5,462.00 before settling near unchanged.
Nasdaq data on ETF flows showed the SPDR NYSE Technology ETF (XNTK) saw an approximate $260 million outflow week over week, a change that can trigger selling of the ETF’s underlying holdings as units are redeemed. 1
An exchange-traded fund, or ETF, is a basket of securities that trades like a stock. When investors pull money out, the fund can shrink by selling some of what it owns. 1
Travel and booking peers were also mixed to lower. Expedia Group slipped 0.23%, Airbnb fell 0.15% and Tripadvisor dropped 2.31%.
Booking is the parent of Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable, businesses that tend to trade with shifts in consumer spending expectations and broader risk appetite. 4
Investors also have a near-term cash event on the calendar. Booking is due to pay a $9.60-per-share quarterly dividend on Dec. 31, the company’s investor relations site shows. 2
Analysts have continued to point to resilient demand in online travel. Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney wrote that second-half trends in online travel “remain robust,” adding that “most companies are experiencing robust consumer demand trends.” 5
The next major company catalyst is earnings. Nasdaq’s earnings calendar estimates Booking will report on Feb. 19, though the date can change until the company confirms it. 6
Before Tuesday’s session, traders will watch U.S. data that can move interest-rate expectations, including the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index, which S&P Dow Jones Indices says is released at 9 a.m. ET on the last Tuesday of each month. 7
The Conference Board’s consumer confidence report is also due Tuesday, with the group saying it publishes the index at 10 a.m. ET on the last Tuesday of every month. 8
Looking further into the week, the U.S. Labor Department’s unemployment-insurance weekly claims release is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 8:30 a.m. EST because Jan. 1 is a federal holiday, a Labor Department publication schedule shows. Bond markets are recommended to close early at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 31, according to SIFMA’s holiday schedule. 9
Technically, traders will be watching whether the stock holds above Monday’s low near $5,404 and whether it can push through the day’s high around $5,462, levels that often act as near-term support and resistance after quiet closes.
