NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:43 ET — Market closed
- Amazon said it will stop commercial drone delivery plans in Italy after a strategic review.
- Amazon shares last closed up $0.15, or 0.1%, at $232.52 on Friday.
- Traders are watching Fed meeting minutes due Tuesday and Amazon’s next earnings, expected Feb. 5 on market calendars.
Amazon.com (AMZN.O) shares will be in focus when U.S. trading resumes on Monday after the company halted plans for commercial drone deliveries in Italy, citing regulatory hurdles. The stock last closed up $0.15, or 0.1%, at $232.52 on Friday.
The decision puts a spotlight on the practical barriers to scaling new delivery technology overseas, even for the world’s largest online retailer. It is also a reminder that regulatory risk can intrude on experimental logistics projects that investors view as longer-term cost and service levers.
The update arrived as Wall Street heads into the final sessions of 2025 with light volumes and heightened sensitivity to shifts in sentiment around megacaps. U.S. stocks finished near flat on Friday in a thin post-holiday session, Reuters reported.
Amazon said on Sunday it had decided not to pursue plans to deliver goods by drone in Italy after a strategic review.
The company said it had made progress with Italian aerospace regulators, but that Italy’s broader business regulatory framework did not support its longer-term objectives for the program.
Italy’s civil aviation authority, ENAC, called the decision unexpected and said in a statement the move was motivated by company policy, in connection with recent financial developments at the group.
Amazon had announced in December 2024 the successful completion of initial drone delivery tests in San Salvo, a town in the central Abruzzo region, Reuters reported.
On Friday, Amazon shares traded between $231.22 and $232.98, leaving the stock hovering near $233 heading into the week.
The broader market offered little direction. The S&P 500 slipped 0.03% and the Nasdaq fell 0.09% on Friday, snapping a five-session rally, Reuters said.
“We had a very strong five-day rally, so in a way we’re just simply catching our breath today after the holiday,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group. Reuters
Before the next session, investors are watching Tuesday’s release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting — a detailed account that can shape rate expectations. The Fed lowered its benchmark rate by 75 basis points in its last three meetings of 2025 to 3.50%-3.75%; a basis point is 0.01 percentage point.
Reuters also noted that year-end portfolio adjustments and thin liquidity can amplify moves, putting extra attention on megacaps even when the news flow is modest.
Amazon’s next major scheduled catalyst is its quarterly report, which market calendars currently list for Feb. 5.
Near term, traders will be watching whether the stock holds Friday’s low near $231 and challenges the prior session high around $233 when regular trading resumes.
