NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 21:18 ET — Market closed.
Shares of Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) fell 1.18% to close at $93.20 on Wednesday, extending a four-session slide into the last trading day of 2025. Volume was light at about 7.6 million shares, and the stock finished about 2.8% below its 52-week high of $95.85. 1
The year-end dip matters because investors are resetting exposure to rate-sensitive bank stocks heading into 2026, with the path of interest rates and growth likely to set the tone. Bank investors focus on net interest income — what a lender earns on loans minus what it pays on deposits — as borrowing costs and deposit pricing shift.
Wells Fargo lagged some major rivals in the session, with JPMorgan Chase down 0.37% and Bank of America off 0.51%. 2
Wall Street ended the session lower on thin holiday-week volumes, with the S&P 500 down 0.74%, the Dow off 0.63% and the Nasdaq down 0.76%, Reuters reported. “I do not expect that the last few days will have so much bearing on the performance of the next year,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity. U.S. markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day. 3
On the data front, Labor Department figures showed initial jobless claims fell by 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 199,000 for the week ended Dec. 27, the lowest since late November. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 220,000, and the data was published a day early because of the holiday. 4
A securities filing dated Dec. 29 showed Wells Fargo priced $6.112 million of fixed-rate callable medium-term notes due Dec. 31, 2032, paying 4.55% interest, with the notes issued on Dec. 31. The filing said the notes can be redeemed by the company starting in late 2027 on set dates and are not listed on an exchange. 5
Callable means the issuer can repay investors early, typically to refinance if market rates fall. These small offerings rarely move the stock on their own, but they add to the backdrop as investors scrutinize funding costs into earnings season.
With no major company-specific headline on Wednesday, Wells Fargo shares traded with the broader market and the financial sector’s rate outlook. Investors now turn to fourth-quarter results for clues on loan growth, credit losses and expense control, along with any updates on buybacks and dividends.
Before the next session, Wells Fargo is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2025 results on Jan. 14, according to its investor relations calendar. The bank is also due to appear at the UBS Financial Services Conference on Feb. 10. 6
Macro catalysts arrive first: the U.S. employment report for December is due on Jan. 9, followed by the December consumer price index on Jan. 13, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics calendar. Those releases can swing bond yields and expectations for Federal Reserve policy — key inputs for bank valuations. 7
Technicians will watch whether the stock steadies after its late-December pullback and whether it can work back toward recent highs when liquidity normalizes. A sharper-than-usual move is common around holiday breaks, when fewer trades can push prices around.
When trading resumes on Jan. 2, investors will be looking for any shift in rate expectations and risk appetite that could reset the tone for bank stocks at the start of 2026. For Wells Fargo, the next clear fundamental checkpoint is earnings — and the guidance that comes with it.
