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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.

Amazon (AMZN) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Amazon (AMZN) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Amazon closed Friday at $229.53, up about 6–7% year-to-date, trailing double-digit gains in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100. Institutions control roughly 72% of shares, with several hedge funds increasing stakes in Q2. Insiders sold around 82,000 shares, or $19 million, over the past three months, including sales by AWS and retail division leaders. Market cap stands near $2.45 trillion.
7 December 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Outlook Today: What to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Outlook Today: What to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Microsoft closed at $483.16 on Friday, December 5, with its market value near $3.6 trillion. The stock has traded in the high-$470s to low-$490s recently, after peaking at $555.45 in July. Institutional filings on December 7 showed both new purchases and reductions in Microsoft shares. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sold about 17 million shares last quarter, cutting its stake by roughly 65%.
7 December 2025
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Apple Stock (AAPL) Before the Bell on December 8, 2025: Executive Exodus, AI Reset and What It Means for Investors

Apple Stock (AAPL) Before the Bell on December 8, 2025: Executive Exodus, AI Reset and What It Means for Investors

Apple faces a wave of senior executive departures, including its AI chief and top designers, as rumors swirl about chip head Johny Srouji possibly leaving. Shares closed Friday at $278.78, down 0.68% but less than 4% below record highs. Analysts remain broadly positive, with some raising price targets to $325–$330. The stock is expected to open near $279.32 Monday, with an intraday range of $276.11 to $281.45.
7 December 2025
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Netflix (NFLX) Stock: 10 Things to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Netflix (NFLX) Stock: 10 Things to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Netflix closed Friday at $100.24, down 2.9%, after announcing a $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming assets. The stock dropped further in pre-market trading before recovering slightly after hours. Warner Bros. Discovery shares rose 3–4% on the news. Investors are weighing the risks of Netflix’s shift to a larger, debt-heavy media conglomerate.
7 December 2025
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Meta (META) Stock: 10 Things to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Meta (META) Stock: 10 Things to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Meta shares closed Friday at $673.42, up nearly 6% for the week, with after-hours trading slipping to $671.80. The company will pay a new quarterly dividend of $0.525 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for December 15. Meta plans to cut its metaverse budget by up to 30% for 2026, shifting focus toward AI. Reality Labs posted a $4.4 billion Q3 operating loss on $470 million in revenue.
7 December 2025
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Tesla Stock Today (TSLA): What to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Tesla Stock Today (TSLA): What to Know Before the Market Opens on December 8, 2025

Tesla shares trade near $455, less than 7% below their all-time high, with a market cap near $1.5 trillion and a P/E above 300. The company faces a possible multibillion-dollar legal hit over Elon Musk’s pay, weak Cybertruck rollout, falling European demand, and uncertainty over Full Self-Driving approval in Europe. 2024 net income fell 52% to $7.13 billion despite nearly flat revenue.
7 December 2025
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Nvidia (NVDA) Stock on December 8, 2025: 10 Things to Know Before the Market Opens

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock on December 8, 2025: 10 Things to Know Before the Market Opens

Nvidia closed Friday at $182.41, down 0.53%, with a market cap near $4.43 trillion. Morgan Stanley raised its price target to $250, citing Nvidia’s estimated 70–95% share of AI accelerators and continued customer loyalty. Wall Street consensus remains a “Strong Buy,” with average 12-month targets near $250. Shares trade well above spring lows but below their recent $212 peak.
7 December 2025
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Gold Price Outlook 2025–2026: Gold Holds Above $4,200 as Fed Rate Cut Bets Surge (5–7 December 2025 Update)

Gold Price Outlook 2025–2026: Gold Holds Above $4,200 as Fed Rate Cut Bets Surge (5–7 December 2025 Update)

Gold traded around $4,200 per ounce from December 5–7, 2025, holding near record highs as traders anticipated a possible U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut at the December 9–10 FOMC meeting. U.S. gold futures settled at $4,243 per ounce on Friday. Silver hit a record intraday high near $60 per ounce, doubling year-to-date. CME FedWatch put the odds of a Fed rate cut at about 87%.
7 December 2025
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Crude Oil Prices Hold Above $60 as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Clash With Oversupply Fears (Dec 5–7, 2025)

Crude Oil Prices Hold Above $60 as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Clash With Oversupply Fears (Dec 5–7, 2025)

Brent crude settled at $63.75 per barrel and WTI at $60.08 on December 5, both marking their highest closes since mid-November and a second consecutive week of gains. Traders weighed possible U.S. Fed rate cuts against weak U.S. demand and projections of oversupply in 2026. Russian crude to China traded at record discounts. NYMEX crude futures volume fell to 572,000 contracts, with open interest down by over 21,000.
7 December 2025
Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures (BZ=F) Hit Two‑Week High on Fed Cut Bets and Geopolitical Risks – Full News & Forecasts, 5–7 December 2025

Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures (BZ=F) Hit Two‑Week High on Fed Cut Bets and Geopolitical Risks – Full News & Forecasts, 5–7 December 2025

Brent crude futures settled at $63.75 per barrel on Friday, 5 December, the highest close in two weeks and up 0.8% on the day. The contract notched a second straight weekly gain despite forecasts of a 2026 supply surplus and expectations for prices to fall next year. Technical signals remain bullish, with a “Strong Buy” reading and 14-day RSI near 60. WTI closed at $60.08, down 11.5% year-to-date.
7 December 2025
Silver Price Hits Record High Near $59: What the December 5–7 Rally Signals for the 2026 Silver Commodities Outlook

Silver Price Hits Record High Near $59: What the December 5–7 Rally Signals for the 2026 Silver Commodities Outlook

Silver hit a record high near $59/oz on December 5, 2025, before settling around $58.5/oz on December 7, up nearly 100% year-to-date. The surge followed expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut and a weaker dollar. ETF inflows and persistent supply deficits fueled the rally. Futures markets now price an 85–87% chance of a Fed rate cut at the upcoming meeting.
7 December 2025
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Natural Gas Jan ’26 Futures Surge Above $5 as Cold Snap, LNG Exports and Coal Switching Drive Three‑Year High

Natural Gas Jan ’26 Futures Surge Above $5 as Cold Snap, LNG Exports and Coal Switching Drive Three‑Year High

January 2026 Henry Hub natural gas futures closed at $5.29/MMBtu on December 5, the highest since late 2022. U.S. natural gas futures have surged about 65% since mid-October, with the front-month contract hitting $5.34. The rally contrasts with Europe, where TTF futures slipped below €30/MWh amid full storage and strong LNG arrivals.
7 December 2025
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Meesho IPO GMP Today: 79x Subscription, December 10 Listing Date, Price Band and Brokerages’ Views Explained

Meesho IPO GMP Today: 79x Subscription, December 10 Listing Date, Price Band and Brokerages’ Views Explained

Meesho’s ₹5,421-crore IPO closed on 5 December with overall subscription at about 79 times, including 120x by institutional buyers and 19x by retail investors. The price band was set at ₹105–₹111 per share, targeting a valuation up to $5.6 billion. Grey market premium ranged from 39% to 47% above issue price. Listing is scheduled for 10 December.
7 December 2025
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OpenAI Certifications Hit 10,000 Workers as Accenture Bets Big on ChatGPT Enterprise and Agentic AI

OpenAI Certifications Hit 10,000 Workers as Accenture Bets Big on ChatGPT Enterprise and Agentic AI

OpenAI said over 10,000 employees at partner companies now hold or are pursuing OpenAI Certifications, with Accenture rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise and large-scale AI training to tens of thousands of staff. Accenture’s stock rose 3% after announcing the partnership. OpenAI aims to certify 10 million Americans by 2030 and launch an AI-powered jobs platform in 2026.
7 December 2025
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Nikkei 225 Pulls Back as BoJ Jitters Hit Japan While World Indices Hover Near Records (5–7 December 2025)

Nikkei 225 Pulls Back as BoJ Jitters Hit Japan While World Indices Hover Near Records (5–7 December 2025)

Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 1.05% to 50,491.87 on Friday, 5 December, erasing much of the week’s earlier gains after household spending fell 3% year-on-year in October. The decline followed a surge to 51,028.42 on Thursday, near record highs. Traders cited weak consumption and expectations of a Bank of Japan rate hike as key factors. The 10-year JGB yield rose to 1.9%, its highest since 2007.
7 December 2025
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S&P BSE Sensex Rallies on RBI Rate Cut as Global Indices Eye Fed Move: Market Wrap & Outlook (5–7 December 2025)

S&P BSE Sensex Rallies on RBI Rate Cut as Global Indices Eye Fed Move: Market Wrap & Outlook (5–7 December 2025)

India’s Sensex jumped 447 points to 85,712 and Nifty 50 gained 153 to 26,186 on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%, the most aggressive easing since 2019. Despite the rally, both indices ended the week flat, having retreated from earlier record highs. Rate-sensitive sectors and IT stocks led Friday’s gains. Small- and mid-cap shares lagged.
7 December 2025
Hang Seng and World Indices: Hong Kong’s 2025 Rally Pauses as Global Stocks Hover Near Records (5–7 December 2025)

Hang Seng and World Indices: Hong Kong’s 2025 Rally Pauses as Global Stocks Hover Near Records (5–7 December 2025)

The Hang Seng Index closed the week at 26,085.08, up 0.58% Friday but little changed overall after volatile trading. Earlier losses followed renewed worries over China’s property sector and weak services data. The index remains up about 30% year-to-date, its strongest run since 2017. Major sub-indices also posted gains, with the HSCEI up 1.01% and HSTECH rising 0.84%.
7 December 2025
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