Khadija Saeed

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

Bitcoin price stock today: BTC ticks up near $88,000 as Fed minutes and ETF flows set the tone

Bitcoin price stock today: BTC ticks up near $88,000 as Fed minutes and ETF flows set the tone

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:43 ET — After-hours Bitcoin edged higher on Tuesday as investors weighed U.S. interest-rate signals and year-end positioning, with crypto-linked stocks trading mixed after Wall Street’s regular session ended. Reuters The modest move matters now because liquidity is thin into the final days of the year, which can exaggerate price swings across risk assets, including cryptocurrencies. Analysts have cautioned against over-reading late-December moves. Reuters Markets were also digesting the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes, which underscored debate inside the central bank about the path for policy in 2026 after a quarter-point rate cut earlier this
Silver price today: SLV pops after-hours as spot silver rebounds from record-high whiplash

Silver price today: SLV pops after-hours as spot silver rebounds from record-high whiplash

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:42 ET — After-hours Shares of iShares Silver Trust (SLV), a silver-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF), were last up $2.99 at $68.98 in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The move followed a bounce in silver prices after a violent, year-end swing that rattled positioning across precious metals. Spot silver hit a record $83.62 an ounce on Monday before registering its biggest daily drop since August 2020. Reuters+1 That matters now because tighter trading conditions can amplify moves in a market that has already been surging. CME said in a clearing advisory that updated “performance bond” (margin) requirements
Dow Jones today: DJIA slips after Fed minutes; Boeing pops on $8.6B Pentagon deal

Dow Jones today: DJIA slips after Fed minutes; Boeing pops on $8.6B Pentagon deal

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:41 ET — After-hours The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Tuesday slightly lower as investors parsed Federal Reserve minutes and trimmed exposure into year-end. The blue-chip index fell 94.87 points, or 0.2%, to 48,367.06. Reuters The soft finish comes with one more U.S. trading session left in 2025, a period when reduced liquidity can magnify small shifts in positioning. For the Dow, which is price-weighted, moves in higher-priced components can have an outsized impact on the index. Trading stayed subdued in a holiday-thinned market, with many investors already winding down activity for the year, the
Meta’s Manus AI deal lifts META as S&P 500 slips in thin year-end trade; Fed minutes in focus

Meta’s Manus AI deal lifts META as S&P 500 slips in thin year-end trade; Fed minutes in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:42 ET — After-hours U.S. stocks finished modestly lower on Tuesday, with Meta Platforms climbing on an AI acquisition that helped offset weakness in technology and financial shares. The S&P 500 fell 0.14% to 6,896.24, the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.23% to 23,419.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.20% to 48,367.06. Reuters The subdued close mattered because trading desks are heading into the final session of 2025 with holiday-thinned liquidity, a setup that can exaggerate price swings. Investors have also started to rotate within the market after last week’s rally pushed the S&P 500
Cisco stock slips in year-end trade as Fed minutes keep CSCO investors cautious

Cisco stock slips in year-end trade as Fed minutes keep CSCO investors cautious

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:34 ET — After-hours Cisco Systems’ shares closed down 0.49% on Tuesday and edged up slightly in after-hours trading, tracking a muted late-December tape for U.S. technology stocks. The timing matters. With only a handful of sessions left in 2025, thin liquidity can amplify moves in large-cap names, and investors are rebalancing portfolios ahead of early-January data and policy events. Cisco sits near the center of that recalibration because investors treat it as a read-through on enterprise IT budgets and the networking buildout tied to artificial intelligence workloads. Cisco closed at $77.41 and traded as
Coinbase stock dips after-hours as Needham slashes target, flags weak crypto volumes

Coinbase stock dips after-hours as Needham slashes target, flags weak crypto volumes

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:20 ET — After-hours Coinbase Global shares slipped in after-hours trading on Tuesday after Needham lowered its price target on the crypto exchange operator, pointing to a weaker outlook for trading activity. TipRanks The call matters because Coinbase’s results are closely tied to trading volumes — the amount of buying and selling on its platforms — which can cool when price momentum fades and retail investors step back. TipRanks That dynamic is back in focus heading into year-end, when liquidity thins and swings in crypto-linked stocks can be amplified by small shifts in risk appetite.
Visa stock today: V slips after hours after SEC filing details class B conversion-rate cut

Visa stock today: V slips after hours after SEC filing details class B conversion-rate cut

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 5:24 PM ET — After-hours. Visa Inc shares were down about 0.3% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the payments processor disclosed in a Form 8-K — a filing used to report major events to investors — that it updated the conversion rates on its class B-1 and B-2 common stock following a $500 million deposit into its U.S. litigation escrow account. Visa said the B-1 conversion rate fell to 1.5491 from 1.5549 and the B-2 rate fell to 1.5108 from 1.5223, cutting the “as-converted” class B-2 share count by about 1.38 million and the
Boeing stock moves after-hours on $8.6 billion Pentagon F-15 deal for Israel

Boeing stock moves after-hours on $8.6 billion Pentagon F-15 deal for Israel

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:29 ET — After-hours Boeing stock rose about 0.6% to $218.50 in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the Pentagon said it awarded the company an $8.6 billion contract for the F-15 Israel Program, covering 25 new F-15IA fighter jets with an option for 25 more. Work will be performed in St. Louis and is expected to run through Dec. 31, 2035, the Pentagon said. The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida, Reuters reported. The defense award matters because Boeing investors have been looking for clearer line-of-sight
Sandisk stock today: SNDK slips after-hours as company sets Jan. 29 earnings date

Sandisk stock today: SNDK slips after-hours as company sets Jan. 29 earnings date

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:33 ET — After-hours Sandisk Corp (SNDK) slipped in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company set Jan. 29 for its next earnings report. Shares were last down 1.6% at $240.22. Business Wire The calendar update lands as Sandisk heads into the final two sessions of the year with a stock that has been among 2025’s biggest S&P 500 gainers. That has kept traders on alert for outsized swings around even routine company updates. Kiplinger Investors use Sandisk’s results as a read on demand and pricing for NAND flash — the memory used in storage
Ekso Bionics stock nearly doubles as Applied Digital cloud deal points to ChronoScale pivot

Ekso Bionics stock nearly doubles as Applied Digital cloud deal points to ChronoScale pivot

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:27 ET — After-hours Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc shares nearly doubled on Tuesday, ending up about 94% at $10.58 after the company outlined a deal that would combine Applied Digital’s cloud computing business with the Nasdaq-listed EKSO. The stock was flat in after-hours trading after swinging between $7.80 and $12.70 during the session, giving the company a market value of roughly $36 million. Google The move matters because it recasts a small medical-device maker as a potential vehicle for an artificial-intelligence infrastructure business, one of the market’s hottest themes going into year-end. It also highlights
AST SpaceMobile stock rises today after insider-buy filing as options heat up on BlueBird rollout

AST SpaceMobile stock rises today after insider-buy filing as options heat up on BlueBird rollout

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:15 ET — After-hours AST SpaceMobile, Inc. shares rose on Tuesday and were last up about 4.3% at $74.68 in after-hours trading, extending a volatile stretch for the satellite-to-smartphone company. The move matters because investors are trying to pin down how quickly AST can turn recent launch milestones into repeatable deployment — and, eventually, commercial service that supports the stock’s premium expectations. In the near term, traders have been keying off any new disclosures on insider activity, partner readiness and derivatives positioning as proxies for sentiment ahead of the company’s next operational updates. A Form
Walmart stock today: WMT slips after app outage; SEC filings spotlight insider sales and trading plans

Walmart stock today: WMT slips after app outage; SEC filings spotlight insider sales and trading plans

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:16 ET — After-hours. Walmart Inc (WMT) shares were down 0.5% at $111.92 in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The stock traded between $111.85 and $112.68 in the regular session, with about 11.7 million shares changing hands. The move comes during the year-end stretch when volumes tend to thin out and single headlines can sway sentiment. For Walmart, the focus is on execution heading out of the holiday period and into its fiscal fourth-quarter reporting window. A brief disruption in online service matters because Walmart’s growth plan increasingly runs through digital ordering and delivery. Any checkout

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Exxon Mobil stock price just tagged a new high — what could move XOM when markets reopen

Exxon Mobil stock price just tagged a new high — what could move XOM when markets reopen

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 05:50 EST — Market closed. Exxon Mobil shares ended Friday up 2.03% at $149.05, notching a fresh 52-week high as energy stocks tracked a broad U.S. equity rally into the weekend. (MarketWatch) The setup for next week looks less tidy. Oil has been swinging on U.S.-Iran headlines, and that tends to spill straight into big integrated names like Exxon. Brent settled at $68.05 a barrel on Friday while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. benchmark, finished at $63.55. “We keep going back and forth on this Iran situation,” said John Kilduff, a partner at
Corning stock price hits record close — what’s driving GLW and the next big test

Corning stock price hits record close — what’s driving GLW and the next big test

7 February 2026
Corning shares jumped 8.3% to a record $122.16 Friday, gaining 11% over two sessions amid strong demand for AI infrastructure stocks. The move follows a $6 billion optical fiber deal with Meta and upgraded company forecasts. Shares traded as high as $122.56 and rose 0.6% after hours. COO Avery Nelson sold 1,894 shares for tax withholding, retaining 66,050.
PepsiCo stock: €2.5 billion bond deal lands as investors size up the price-cut gamble

PepsiCo stock: €2.5 billion bond deal lands as investors size up the price-cut gamble

7 February 2026
PepsiCo priced €2.5 billion in euro notes across four maturities, with settlement set for Feb. 11, according to an SEC filing. The company plans to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repaying commercial paper. Shares closed at $170.49 Friday, up 1.8%. PepsiCo is also cutting U.S. snack prices by up to 15% after consumer pushback.
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