Today: 7 February 2026
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Khadija Saeed

A dedicated markets reporter, she covers stocks, macroeconomics, and major business developments with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

Nike Stock (NYSE: NKE) Today: Shares Hover Near $60 as Tim Cook’s Insider Buy, Earnings Guidance, and Holiday Trading Set Up the Next Move

Nike Stock (NYSE: NKE) Today: Shares Hover Near $60 as Tim Cook’s Insider Buy, Earnings Guidance, and Holiday Trading Set Up the Next Move

New York — Friday, December 26, 2025 (2:05 p.m. ET): Nike, Inc. stock is trading in a thin, post‑Christmas market session with major U.S. indexes near record territory. In midday action, Nike (NKE) is hovering around $60.40, up about 0.7% on the day, as investors weigh a headline-grabbing insider purchase, management’s “comeback” narrative, and renewed debate over how quickly margins can recover amid tariffs and a still-challenging China backdrop. Reuters Nike stock price check: where NKE is trading right now As of the latest trade, NKE is at about $60.40, with an intraday range of roughly $59.94 to $60.92 and
26 December 2025
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Robinhood (HOOD) Stock Today: Prediction Markets Expansion, Fresh Operating Data, and What Investors Are Watching Into Year-End

Robinhood (HOOD) Stock Today: Prediction Markets Expansion, Fresh Operating Data, and What Investors Are Watching Into Year-End

New York — Friday, December 26, 2025 (2:05 p.m. ET). Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) is trading in a holiday-thin, post‑Christmas U.S. session with major indexes hovering near record levels—an environment that can amplify single‑stock moves on comparatively light volume. Reuters+1 As of mid‑afternoon in New York, HOOD is around $120 per share, down modestly on the day, while the broader market is mixed: SPY is fractionally lower and QQQ is slightly higher. That “quiet tape” backdrop matters for Robinhood more than many large‑cap names. HOOD has become one of the market’s most sentiment‑sensitive retail-fintech stocks—levered to risk appetite, crypto
26 December 2025
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CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Today: What Investors Need to Know as Holiday Trading Meets Mega‑Deals, Debt, and AI Demand

CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Today: What Investors Need to Know as Holiday Trading Meets Mega‑Deals, Debt, and AI Demand

As of 2:05 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025, U.S. markets are open for a full regular session (after Christmas Day’s closure and an early close on Dec. 24). New York Stock Exchange+1 CoreWeave stock price action: where CRWV stands right now CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWV) was recently trading around $76.87, down about 2.5% versus the prior close, after swinging between roughly $75.73 and $79.34 with ~10.2 million shares traded intraday. The broader tape looks mixed-to-flat in the midday holiday lull: the SPY ETF (S&P 500 proxy) is essentially flat, while QQQ (Nasdaq-100 proxy) is modestly
26 December 2025
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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock Slides During Friday’s Session as BlueBird 6 Reaches Orbit: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Next

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock Slides During Friday’s Session as BlueBird 6 Reaches Orbit: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Next

As of 1:55 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) was trading around $72.04, down about 7.7% on the day, with shares fluctuating between roughly $71.89 and $79.39 amid heavy volume. The broader market backdrop was comparatively calm, with the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) essentially flat and the Nasdaq-leaning QQQ modestly higher at the same time—an important reminder that today’s move appears more stock-specific than macro-driven. That “stock-specific” lens matters because AST SpaceMobile is in a catalyst-heavy phase: it’s transitioning from highly publicized technology milestones and early commercial agreements to the far
26 December 2025
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Coinbase (COIN) Stock Today: “Everything Exchange” Push, Prediction Markets Deal, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Are Watching Into the Close

Coinbase (COIN) Stock Today: “Everything Exchange” Push, Prediction Markets Deal, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Are Watching Into the Close

New York time check: It is Friday, December 26, 2025, 1:22 p.m. ET in New York. Coinbase Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) is trading in a thin, post-Christmas U.S. stock session—the kind of day where headlines and crypto price swings can feel amplified because fewer large players are active. Wall Street reopened for a full day of trading on Friday after an early close on Christmas Eve and the Christmas Day market holiday, with many outlets warning volumes would remain light. AP News+1 Coinbase stock price: where COIN is trading right now Around early afternoon in New York, COIN was down
26 December 2025
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Natural Gas Prices Rise Again as Colder Forecasts Return — What Henry Hub, LNG Exports, Storage Data and Today’s Stock Market Mood Mean for Investors

Natural Gas Prices Rise Again as Colder Forecasts Return — What Henry Hub, LNG Exports, Storage Data and Today’s Stock Market Mood Mean for Investors

New York time check: It is 1:31 p.m. ET on Friday, December 26, 2025 in New York. U.S. natural gas is back in the spotlight as winter weather risk re-enters the conversation, even while Wall Street trades in a post-holiday lull near record highs. With U.S. equity benchmarks hovering close to all-time levels and trading volumes typically thinner during the last week of the year, natural gas has become one of the more reactive “macro micro” trades: a market driven by near-term temperature models, storage withdrawals, and LNG export flows—yet increasingly shaped by bigger structural debates about global LNG supply
26 December 2025
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AI Stocks Today: Nvidia’s Groq Inference Bet, Broadcom’s Margin Debate, and What Wall Street Is Watching Next

AI Stocks Today: Nvidia’s Groq Inference Bet, Broadcom’s Margin Debate, and What Wall Street Is Watching Next

New York — Friday, December 26, 2025 (1:34 p.m. ET). U.S. markets are open right now, with the New York Stock Exchange’s core session running from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. New York Stock Exchange For AI-focused investors, this post‑Christmas Friday is shaping up like a classic year‑end setup: thin liquidity, big headlines in megacap tech and semis, and a market still trying to price the next phase of the AI cycle—inference, custom silicon, and data‑center infrastructure—without tripping over valuation and policy risks. Reuters+1 The broader market backdrop: record highs, year-end momentum, and a closer look at AI spending
26 December 2025
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XRP Price Today (Dec. 26, 2025): XRP Holds Near $1.84 as U.S. Stocks Trade Near Record Highs; Ripple Bank-Charter and Spot ETF Momentum in Focus

XRP Price Today (Dec. 26, 2025): XRP Holds Near $1.84 as U.S. Stocks Trade Near Record Highs; Ripple Bank-Charter and Spot ETF Momentum in Focus

NEW YORK — As of 1:31 p.m. ET on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, XRP (Ripple) is trading around $1.84, down roughly 1.6% from the prior reference close, after moving between about $1.83 and $1.88 intraday. Even though crypto trades 24/7, today’s XRP price action is unfolding against a distinctly “post-holiday Wall Street” backdrop: U.S. equities are open and hovering near record highs, but trading conditions are thin and price moves can become headline-driven. Reuters notes the S&P 500 is within about 1% of 7,000 as the year ends, while AP reported indexes were largely flat to slightly lower in quiet
26 December 2025
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Bitcoin Price Today: BTC Holds Near $87,000 as Wall Street Trades Near Record Highs — ETF Outflows, Fed Signals and Year-End Options Expiry in Focus

Bitcoin Price Today: BTC Holds Near $87,000 as Wall Street Trades Near Record Highs — ETF Outflows, Fed Signals and Year-End Options Expiry in Focus

NEW YORK (Dec. 26, 2025) — As of 1:32 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading around $87,157, down about 1.2% from the prior close, after swinging between roughly $86,670 and $89,416 in today’s session. That price action is unfolding alongside a notably different mood in U.S. equities: Wall Street is hovering near all‑time highs in thin post‑Christmas trading, with the S&P 500 essentially flat and the Nasdaq slightly higher around late morning, as investors continue to price in a resilient economy and a shifting 2026 policy outlook. Reuters+1 Bitcoin price today: Why
26 December 2025
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Gold Price Today Hits Fresh Record Above $4,500 as Fed Rate-Cut Bets and a Softer Dollar Collide With Year-End Trading

Gold Price Today Hits Fresh Record Above $4,500 as Fed Rate-Cut Bets and a Softer Dollar Collide With Year-End Trading

New York — 1:30 p.m. ET, Friday, December 26, 2025. Gold prices are ripping higher again in post-Christmas trading, pushing into new all-time-high territory even as U.S. stocks hover near record levels. The rally is being powered by a familiar macro cocktail—rate-cut expectations, a weaker U.S. dollar, and renewed demand for “hard assets”—but the speed of the move is also being amplified by thin year-end liquidity and positioning into the final sessions of 2025. Reuters+2AP News+2 Below is what’s happening right now, what top analysts and major institutions are forecasting for 2026, and what investors should keep on their radar
26 December 2025
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Silver Price Hits Fresh Records Above $76 as Wall Street Hovers Near Highs: News, Forecasts, and What to Watch Next

Silver Price Hits Fresh Records Above $76 as Wall Street Hovers Near Highs: News, Forecasts, and What to Watch Next

New York time check: It is 1:30 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025. Silver is making headlines into the year’s final stretch. In thin post-Christmas trading, spot silver pushed through the $76 level for the first time, notching a new all-time high near $76.46/oz before hovering around $76.24/oz midday in New York, according to Reuters. Reuters That surge is unfolding as U.S. stocks sit near record territory, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovering around all-time highs and investors juggling year-end positioning, rate-cut expectations, and a market narrative increasingly dominated by AI investment and macro policy
26 December 2025
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US Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Hovers Near Record Highs in Thin Post‑Christmas Trading — What to Watch Into Year‑End

US Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Hovers Near Record Highs in Thin Post‑Christmas Trading — What to Watch Into Year‑End

New York time check: It is 1:26 p.m. ET on Friday, December 26, 2025 in New York. Wall Street is back from the Christmas break for a single, full trading session — and the tone so far has been calm, cautious, and close to record territory. With many institutional desks already “done” for the year, volume is light and price moves can look deceptively small… right up until a sudden burst of buying or selling hits thin liquidity. That’s why today’s market is less about blockbuster headlines and more about how investors are positioning into the final stretch of 2025:
26 December 2025
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Dow Jones Today: DJIA Near Record Highs in Thin Post-Christmas Trading as Investors Eye Fed Minutes and 2026 Outlook

Dow Jones Today: DJIA Near Record Highs in Thin Post-Christmas Trading as Investors Eye Fed Minutes and 2026 Outlook

NEW YORK — Friday, December 26, 2025 (1:26 p.m. ET).The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is navigating a quiet “bridge” session between the Christmas holiday and the final stretch of the year, with trading volumes widely expected to remain light—an environment that can amplify moves in either direction. Around late morning, the Dow dipped 65 points (‑0.13%) to 48,666, while the S&P 500 was essentially flat and the Nasdaq edged slightly higher. Reuters With markets still sitting close to all-time highs and 2025 on track to close with double-digit gains across major indexes, investors are balancing bullish momentum against a
26 December 2025
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Sandisk (SNDK) Stock Today: AI-Driven Flash Boom, New Price Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Into the Close

Sandisk (SNDK) Stock Today: AI-Driven Flash Boom, New Price Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Into the Close

New York — Friday, December 26, 2025 (1:09 p.m. ET). U.S. stocks are trading in a thin post-Christmas session, with major indexes hovering near record levels as investors weigh resilient economic signals, renewed enthusiasm around AI-linked names, and classic year-end seasonality (“Santa Claus rally” conditions). Reuters Against that backdrop, Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK)—the flash-memory and storage company spun out of Western Digital earlier this year—remains one of the market’s most-watched AI infrastructure beneficiaries, as the NAND cycle tightens and data center storage demand accelerates. Sandisk+1 Below is what’s moving Sandisk stock right now, what the latest earnings and guidance say,
26 December 2025
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Netflix Stock (NFLX) Today: Shares Tick Higher as Wall Street Weighs Warner Bros. Deal Financing, Regulatory Risk, and Q4 Earnings Ahead

Netflix Stock (NFLX) Today: Shares Tick Higher as Wall Street Weighs Warner Bros. Deal Financing, Regulatory Risk, and Q4 Earnings Ahead

As of 1:05 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is trading at $94.22, up about 0.6% on the day in a quiet, post-holiday session. The broader tape is mixed: the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is fractionally lower while the Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) is roughly flat—typical of thin year-end trading where stock-specific headlines can matter more than macro catalysts. Friday’s backdrop is also unusually seasonal: December 26 historically has been one of the market’s more consistently positive calendar days, and it falls inside the “Santa Claus rally” window that traders watch into year-end.
26 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Drops Midday After Contract-Fueled Rally: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Should Watch Next

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Drops Midday After Contract-Fueled Rally: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Should Watch Next

New York time check: It’s 12:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 26, 2025.U.S. markets are open, and major indexes are modestly lower in midday trading (S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow all slightly down on the session). Reuters Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ: RKLB) is pulling back sharply in today’s session after a powerful, news-driven surge earlier this month. As of 12:58 p.m. ET, RKLB was trading around $71.96, down about 6.8% on the day, after opening near $76.68 and hitting an intraday low around $70.89. StockAnalysis That dip is arriving after Rocket Lab captured one of the most closely watched
26 December 2025
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Alphabet (GOOG) Class C Stock Today: Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching in the Post‑Christmas “Santa Rally” Trade

Alphabet (GOOG) Class C Stock Today: Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching in the Post‑Christmas “Santa Rally” Trade

New York — Friday, December 26, 2025 (1:00 p.m. ET). Alphabet Inc.’s Class C shares (NASDAQ: GOOG) are trading during a thin, post‑Christmas session with U.S. equities hovering near record territory as investors try to extend the seasonal “Santa Claus rally” period into year‑end. Reuters At the same time, Wall Street’s biggest theme—AI investment and monetization—remains the center of gravity for megacaps, including Alphabet, especially after a string of developments spanning data‑center power supply, new Gemini capabilities, and high‑stakes antitrust remedies that could reshape search distribution and data access over the next several years. Reuters GOOG stock price today As
26 December 2025
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Oracle Stock (ORCL) Today: Shares Trade Near $199 as Wall Street Weighs $50B AI Capex, OpenAI Buildout, and 2026 Outlook

Oracle Stock (ORCL) Today: Shares Trade Near $199 as Wall Street Weighs $50B AI Capex, OpenAI Buildout, and 2026 Outlook

NEW YORK — As of 12:46 p.m. ET on Friday, December 26, 2025, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is trading during regular U.S. market hours, with investors navigating a post-holiday session where liquidity can be thinner and headline sensitivity higher than usual. Oracle stock price today: ORCL steadies while the broader market is roughly flat Oracle shares are changing hands at about $199, up modestly versus the prior close and moving within an intraday range of roughly $196 to $200 (with midday volume in the millions of shares). The broader tape is close to flat in midday trading—an important backdrop because
26 December 2025
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Amazon Stock Today (AMZN): Price Action, AWS AI Shake‑Up, OpenAI Talks, Analyst Targets—and What Investors Are Watching on Dec. 26, 2025

Amazon Stock Today (AMZN): Price Action, AWS AI Shake‑Up, OpenAI Talks, Analyst Targets—and What Investors Are Watching on Dec. 26, 2025

NEW YORK — Friday, December 26, 2025 (12:45 p.m. ET).U.S. stocks are trading in a thin, post‑Christmas session with major indexes hovering near record levels, as investors keep one eye on year‑end positioning and another on the “prove‑it” phase of the AI trade heading into 2026. Reuters Against that backdrop, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is moving modestly—typical for a holiday‑thinned tape—but the news flow around AWS, AI spending, and regulation continues to shape the longer‑term narrative investors are underwriting. Amazon stock price today: AMZN trades near $233 as Wall Street digests a quiet holiday session Amazon shares were last indicated
26 December 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Today: Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching Into 2026

Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Today: Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching Into 2026

New York, Dec. 26, 2025 (12:39 p.m. ET) — U.S. markets are open and trading in a thin, post-Christmas session, with major indexes hovering near record levels as investors weigh year-end positioning, rate-cut expectations, and whether 2026 becomes a “prove-it” year for AI-driven earnings growth. Reuters Against that backdrop, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is changing hands around $487, modestly lower on the day, with an intraday range roughly $486–$488. Microsoft remains one of the market’s most influential bellwethers, carrying a market capitalization of about $3.85 trillion and trading at roughly 36.7x trailing earnings (based on the latest quoted metrics). Below
26 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
Walmart shares climbed 3.34% to $131.18 Friday, pushing its market value to about $1.05 trillion as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Retail stocks mostly gained, with Target up 4.24% and Costco up 1.20%, while Amazon dropped 5.55%. Investors await Walmart’s fiscal Q4 results on Feb. 19 and key U.S. economic data next week.
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