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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.

Bank of America Stock (BAC) Holds Near a 52-Week High as Markets Close for the Weekend — What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Bank of America Stock (BAC) Holds Near a 52-Week High as Markets Close for the Weekend — What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:59 a.m. ET — Market closed. New York Stock Exchange Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) enters the final stretch of 2025 trading near its highs, with investors weighing a supportive “year-end momentum” backdrop against a key near-term question for big U.S. banks: how quickly interest rates fall in 2026—and what that means for margins, credit quality, and capital returns. With U.S. equity markets shut on Sunday, the next opportunity for investors to react will be Monday’s regular session, when the NYSE’s core trading session opens at 9:30 a.m. ET. New York Stock Exchange Bank
28 December 2025
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ServiceNow (NOW) Stock Weekend Update: What Wall Street Is Watching After the $7.75B Armis Deal, CEO Contract Extension, and Fresh Analyst Targets

ServiceNow (NOW) Stock Weekend Update: What Wall Street Is Watching After the $7.75B Armis Deal, CEO Contract Extension, and Fresh Analyst Targets

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:58 a.m. ET — Market closed New York Stock Exchange ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE: NOW) heads into the final trading stretch of the year with investors still digesting a major strategic pivot: a blockbuster cybersecurity acquisition, a growing list of deals across 2025, and new signals from Wall Street about how much of that M&A premium the market is willing to pay. Reuters+1 With U.S. stock exchanges closed for the weekend and the NYSE core session set to reopen Monday morning, attention is shifting from day-to-day price moves to the key question that will likely shape
28 December 2025
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Lam Research Stock (LRCX) Holds Near Record Highs Into Year-End: Latest Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Lam Research Stock (LRCX) Holds Near Record Highs Into Year-End: Latest Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:58 a.m. ET — Market Closed Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) heads into the final week of 2025 with its stock hovering near record territory after finishing the post-Christmas session at an all-time-high closing level. With U.S. markets shut on Sunday, the latest official reference point for investors is Friday’s close: $178.07. Lam’s investor relations data shows the stock traded between $177.80 and $179.80 on Dec. 26, with volume of about 5.21 million shares. Lam Research Investor Relations That close also matches third-party market-history trackers that list $178.07 as Lam Research’s highest closing price to
28 December 2025
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Walmart Stock (WMT) Weekend Update: Price Holds Near $112 as Year-End Rally Nears; Analyst Targets, New Catalysts, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Walmart Stock (WMT) Weekend Update: Price Holds Near $112 as Year-End Rally Nears; Analyst Targets, New Catalysts, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

cNEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:58 a.m. ET — Market closed (weekend) Walmart Inc. (Nasdaq: WMT) heads into the final full trading week of 2025 with U.S. equity markets closed for the weekend and investors preparing for Monday’s reopening amid a strong year-end backdrop for risk assets. Reuters’ “Week Ahead” outlook noted the S&P 500 was hovering within roughly 1% of the 7,000 milestone as 2025 winds down, keeping attention on positioning and catalysts that can sway sentiment into the new year. Reuters Where Walmart stock stands heading into the next session Walmart shares last finished the most recent regular
28 December 2025
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Exxon Mobil Stock (XOM) Update: Oil’s Latest Drop, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Exxon Mobil Stock (XOM) Update: Oil’s Latest Drop, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:58 a.m. ET — Market closed (weekend) Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) enters the final stretch of 2025 with investors balancing two competing narratives: a steady, shareholder-friendly capital return story at one of America’s biggest integrated oil companies, and a crude-market backdrop that has been pressured by oversupply concerns heading into 2026. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, attention turns to what could move XOM when trading resumes Monday—especially oil prices, thin year-end liquidity, and the broader risk mood after a strong year for U.S. equities. Reuters Exxon Mobil stock price: where XOM stands
28 December 2025
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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Stock: Weekend Watch as Ethereum Staking Headlines Collide With Valuation Debate Ahead of Monday’s Open

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Stock: Weekend Watch as Ethereum Staking Headlines Collide With Valuation Debate Ahead of Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:59 a.m. ET — Market closed BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: BMNR) is heading into the final full trading week of 2025 with investors watching two forces that can tug the stock in opposite directions: the company’s rapidly evolving Ethereum-treasury narrative—including fresh reports of Ethereum staking activity—and renewed scrutiny around valuation after a steep pullback from mid-year highs. SEC+1 With U.S. equities closed for the weekend, BMNR won’t trade again until Monday’s regular session. But crypto markets remain open, and weekend moves in Ethereum can still influence sentiment and gap risk into Monday’s open
28 December 2025
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IonQ Stock (IONQ) Heads Into Monday: Latest News, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch After a Volatile Holiday Week

IonQ Stock (IONQ) Heads Into Monday: Latest News, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch After a Volatile Holiday Week

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:57 a.m. ET — Market Closed IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) stock heads into the final trading days of 2025 with momentum cooling after a sharp holiday-week pullback, even as Wall Street’s newest coverage on the quantum-computing pure play remains broadly constructive. Shares last closed at $46.00, after a 7.67% one-day slide on Friday, Dec. 26, a move that stood out in an otherwise quiet, low-liquidity session across U.S. equities. StockAnalysis+1 With the NYSE closed for the weekend, investors are using Sunday to digest (1) a fresh round of weekend “quantum is the next big tech
28 December 2025
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Target Stock (NYSE: TGT) Weekend Update: Activist Stake Report Lifts Shares—What Investors Need to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Target Stock (NYSE: TGT) Weekend Update: Activist Stake Report Lifts Shares—What Investors Need to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:33 a.m. ET — Market closed Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) heads into the final trading days of 2025 with fresh momentum after a headline-driven pop late last week, even as U.S. equity markets are closed Sunday and won’t reopen for regular trading until Monday. Shares of Target finished Friday, Dec. 26 at $99.55, up 3.13% on the day, after trading as high as $103.03 in a volatile, light-volume post-Christmas session. The stock was little changed in late trading, with after-hours quotes near $99.52. StockAnalysis The catalyst: a report that activist hedge fund Toms Capital Investment
28 December 2025
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CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Update: Debt Concerns, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open

CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Update: Debt Concerns, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:38 a.m. ET — Market closed (weekend). CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWV) heads into the final trading days of 2025 with a familiar tug-of-war shaping sentiment: blockbuster AI-compute demand and contracted backlog on one side, and the heavy cost of building—and financing—GPU-rich data center capacity on the other. With U.S. equity markets shut for the weekend, investors are using the pause to digest the latest wave of commentary, analyst positioning, and litigation-related headlines before trading resumes Monday. Where CoreWeave stock left off Friday CoreWeave shares last closed at $76.42 on Friday, Dec. 26, down 3.11% on
28 December 2025
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Eli Lilly Stock (LLY) News Today: What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open After GLP‑1 Pill Breakthroughs, Pricing Signals, and Fresh Deal Headlines

Eli Lilly Stock (LLY) News Today: What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open After GLP‑1 Pill Breakthroughs, Pricing Signals, and Fresh Deal Headlines

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:33 a.m. ET — Market Closed (Weekend) Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) heads into the final two trading days of 2025 with U.S. markets closed for the weekend and investors weighing a familiar mix of catalysts: the booming obesity-drug franchise (Zepbound and Mounjaro), the intensifying race to bring weight-loss pills to market, and fast-evolving policy and pricing dynamics that could reshape demand. Reuters+2Reuters+2 LLY last closed at $1,077.75 on Friday (Dec. 26), with the session’s trading range roughly $1,068 to $1,081 on about 1.01 million shares, according to Investing.com’s historical data. That put the
28 December 2025
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Costco Stock (COST) Weekend Watch: Fresh News, Analyst Targets, and What to Know Before Monday’s Open

Costco Stock (COST) Weekend Watch: Fresh News, Analyst Targets, and What to Know Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:32 a.m. ET — Market closed Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) enters the final trading days of 2025 with U.S. equity markets shut for the weekend—and investors using the downtime to reassess a stock that has pulled back from its 2025 highs even as the retailer continues to post solid sales growth and resilient membership economics. COST last finished the regular session on Friday at $873.35, and was little changed in late extended trading. StockAnalysis A quiet year-end tape sets the backdrop for Monday Friday’s post-Christmas session was characterized by thin volume and limited catalysts,
28 December 2025
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AppLovin (APP) Stock News: What to Watch After Friday’s Dip as U.S. Markets Close for the Weekend

AppLovin (APP) Stock News: What to Watch After Friday’s Dip as U.S. Markets Close for the Weekend

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 10:39 a.m. ET — Market closed AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) heads into the final week of 2025 with investors split between two powerful narratives: a red-hot rally fueled by AI-driven ad-tech momentum, and growing unease that the stock’s valuation leaves little margin for error. With U.S. exchanges closed Sunday, the next key inflection point for APP stock is Monday’s reopening—when year-end liquidity, index-level sentiment, and any incremental company headlines could have an outsized impact on price action. Where AppLovin stock stands heading into Monday AppLovin shares ended the most recent regular session (Friday, Dec. 26)
28 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

RELX share price slides again as AI fears linger, results next week in focus

RELX share price slides again as AI fears linger, results next week in focus

7 February 2026
RELX closed down 4.6% at 2,145 pence in London on Friday, capping a volatile week ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. The company bought back 465,361 shares even as selling continued amid investor concerns over AI risks and pricing power. Peers Wolters Kluwer and Thomson Reuters also faced pressure. Markets await RELX’s outlook for 2026 trading.
Rio Tinto stock jumps as Glencore mega-merger is shelved; what to watch next week

Rio Tinto stock jumps as Glencore mega-merger is shelved; what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Rio Tinto’s U.S. shares closed up 2.5% at $93.37 Friday after the company ruled out a merger with Glencore, triggering a six-month “no-bid” lockout under UK takeover rules. Both companies cited disagreements over valuation. Attention now turns to Rio’s Feb. 19 results and iron ore prices, which fell below $100 a tonne amid weak Chinese demand.
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