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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.

U.S. Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Near 7,000 as Year-End “Santa Rally” Heads Into the Final Week of 2025; Fed Minutes Loom

U.S. Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Near 7,000 as Year-End “Santa Rally” Heads Into the Final Week of 2025; Fed Minutes Loom

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:59 a.m. ET — Market Closed (Weekend) Wall Street is closed this Saturday, giving investors a pause to digest a quiet post-Christmas session that left the major U.S. indexes essentially unchanged on Friday—but still near record territory heading into the final trading days of 2025. The takeaway from the last 48 hours is straightforward: stocks are consolidating at elevated levels after a strong holiday-week run, while market attention shifts to year-end flows, the Federal Reserve’s next signal on rate cuts, and whether the seasonal “Santa Claus rally” can extend into early January. Reuters+1 Friday’s close:
27 December 2025
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Near Record Highs Ahead of Final 2025 Sessions as Fed Minutes Loom

Dow Jones Industrial Average Near Record Highs Ahead of Final 2025 Sessions as Fed Minutes Loom

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 12:01 p.m. ET — Market closed The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is heading into the final stretch of 2025 perched just off record territory after a muted, low-volume return from the Christmas holiday. With U.S. stock markets closed for the weekend, investors are shifting attention to the last three trading days of the year—when thin liquidity, year-end portfolio adjustments, and a pivotal Federal Reserve readout could set the tone for the first week of 2026. AP News+2Reuters+2 Dow Jones recap: A quiet Friday, but a solid week and year On Friday, December 26, the
27 December 2025
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Jayshree Ullal Tops Hurun India Rich List 2025 for Professional Managers, Surpassing Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai

Jayshree Ullal Tops Hurun India Rich List 2025 for Professional Managers, Surpassing Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai

Jayshree Ullal—CEO and Chairperson of Arista Networks—has emerged as the wealthiest Indian-origin “professional manager” tracked in the Hurun India Rich List 2025, with an estimated net worth of ₹50,170 crore. The milestone places her well ahead of some of Silicon Valley’s most recognizable Indian-origin leaders, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in Hurun’s executive wealth rankings. www.ndtv.com+1 The spotlight on Ullal is notable not just because of the headline number, but because it underscores a fast-changing reality in global tech wealth: in many cases, the biggest fortunes are no longer defined by who runs the biggest
27 December 2025
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Salesforce Stock (CRM) Weekend Watch: AI Partner Expansion Headlines as Wall Street Nears Year-End Highs

Salesforce Stock (CRM) Weekend Watch: AI Partner Expansion Headlines as Wall Street Nears Year-End Highs

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:27 a.m. ET — Market closed Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE: CRM) heads into the final week of 2025 with shares holding in the mid-$260s after a quiet, post-Christmas session on Wall Street and a fresh wave of partner-ecosystem headlines that keep the company’s “agentic AI” strategy front and center. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, investors are looking to Monday’s open for the next read on year-end positioning and whether the “Santa Claus rally” tailwind extends into the final trading days of the year—an environment that often brings lighter liquidity and occasional outsized moves on
27 December 2025
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SoFi Technologies (SOFI) Stock: Weekend Market Recap, Fresh Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Before Monday

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) Stock: Weekend Market Recap, Fresh Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Before Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:28 a.m. ET — Market closed. SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI) heads into the weekend with U.S. markets shut and year-end positioning in full swing. The fintech’s shares last finished at $27.07, down 1.49% on Friday’s session, after trading between roughly $27.04 and $27.53 with about 24.7 million shares changing hands. While investors can’t act on fresh price signals until Monday’s open, the conversation around SOFI stock hasn’t paused. In the last 24–48 hours, coverage has focused on three themes: the broader “Santa Claus rally” setup, SoFi’s crypto-and-stablecoin push as a potential long-term catalyst, and
27 December 2025
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Merck (MRK) Stock Update: Weekend Wrap, Latest Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Merck (MRK) Stock Update: Weekend Wrap, Latest Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:25 a.m. ET — Market closed (weekend) Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) heads into the final days of 2025 with investors weighing a steady holiday-week climb in the shares against a familiar set of longer-term questions: how fast Merck can broaden growth beyond Keytruda, how policy and pricing shifts may reshape demand, and what the next wave of pipeline milestones could mean for earnings power into 2026 and beyond. With U.S. stock exchanges closed for the weekend, the next actionable moment for MRK traders will be Monday’s session, when liquidity returns and any weekend
27 December 2025
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Procter & Gamble (PG) Stock Holds Near $145 as Markets Close for the Weekend — What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open

Procter & Gamble (PG) Stock Holds Near $145 as Markets Close for the Weekend — What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:26 a.m. ET — Market closed Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) enters the final trading days of 2025 with its share price hovering around the mid-$140s, a level investors have been debating for weeks as Wall Street weighs year-end positioning, interest-rate expectations, and whether defensive consumer staples deserve a bigger role in 2026 portfolios. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, the most important question for PG shareholders is less about minute-to-minute price action and more about what could move the stock when trading resumes Monday—especially with thin holiday liquidity, looming Federal Reserve signals,
27 December 2025
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PepsiCo Stock (NASDAQ: PEP): Markets Closed for the Weekend as Investors Weigh Year-End Trading and PepsiCo’s 2026 Outlook

PepsiCo Stock (NASDAQ: PEP): Markets Closed for the Weekend as Investors Weigh Year-End Trading and PepsiCo’s 2026 Outlook

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:29 a.m. ET — Market Closed PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) enters the final stretch of the year with U.S. markets closed for the weekend and investors balancing two forces that often collide in late December: thinner liquidity and positioning ahead of a new year. On Friday’s abbreviated post-holiday tape, Wall Street finished nearly unchanged, snapping a short winning streak but staying close to record territory—an environment that typically rewards “defensive” consumer-staples names, even if day-to-day moves are muted. Reuters For PepsiCo stock, the setup into Monday’s reopen looks less about weekend headlines and more about
27 December 2025
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Visa Stock Today: What Wall Street Is Watching After a Quiet Post‑Christmas Session

Visa Stock Today: What Wall Street Is Watching After a Quiet Post‑Christmas Session

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:25 a.m. ET — Market closed (weekend) Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) stock enters the final stretch of 2025 with U.S. markets shut for the weekend and investors recalibrating for a potentially thin, headline-sensitive final week of trading. Visa shares last closed at $355.00 on Friday, down 0.04%, with an intraday range of $353.71–$356.73 and a 52‑week range of $299.00–$375.51, according to Visa’s investor relations quote page. Visa Investor Relations While Visa-specific headlines have been relatively scarce over the past couple of days on major wires (Reuters’ most recent Visa company item on its tracking page
27 December 2025
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Coupang (CPNG) Stock Rebounds After Data Breach Update: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Coupang (CPNG) Stock Rebounds After Data Breach Update: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:16 a.m. ET — Market closed Coupang, Inc. (NYSE: CPNG) is heading into the weekend with investors focused on one dominant catalyst: the company’s latest cybersecurity incident update, which helped calm fears that a widely reported breach in South Korea would translate into broader financial damage. With U.S. markets closed today, the next chance for shares to react will be the regular session on Monday, Dec. 29, after traders digest fresh headlines, regulatory signals, and ongoing litigation risk tied to the incident. Coupang, Inc.+1 What moved Coupang stock this week The sharp move in Coupang
27 December 2025
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GE Vernova Stock (GEV) Weekend Outlook: Data-Center Turbine Demand in Focus, New Wind Deal, and Analyst Targets Ahead of Monday’s Open

GE Vernova Stock (GEV) Weekend Outlook: Data-Center Turbine Demand in Focus, New Wind Deal, and Analyst Targets Ahead of Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:15 a.m. ET — Market closed GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) heads into the weekend with investors weighing fresh headlines about surging “bridge power” demand from AI data centers against the realities of long equipment lead times—and a valuation that leaves little room for disappointment. With U.S. stock markets closed for the weekend, the next opportunity for traders to react will be Monday’s regular session. GE Vernova shares last finished Friday, Dec. 26, at $663.46, down 0.58%, after trading between $660.49 and $668.20. StockAnalysis+1 What moved the GE Vernova narrative in the last 24–48 hours
27 December 2025
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Warner Bros. Discovery Stock (WBD) Weekend Update: Deal-Arbitrage Tension Builds Ahead of Monday’s Open

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock (WBD) Weekend Update: Deal-Arbitrage Tension Builds Ahead of Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:09 a.m. ET — Market Closed Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) — the company behind HBO, Warner Bros. studios and a portfolio of cable networks — heads into the final full week of 2025 with its stock trading less like a traditional media name and more like a live referendum on a high-stakes takeover fight. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, investors are left to digest a familiar but still fast-moving setup: a signed Netflix agreement that would reshape WBD’s crown-jewel assets, and a rival Paramount Skydance all-cash tender offer that has been
27 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

ST Engineering stock price drops 2% to S$9.71 as drone-autonomy tie-up grabs attention

ST Engineering stock price drops 2% to S$9.71 as drone-autonomy tie-up grabs attention

7 February 2026
ST Engineering shares fell 1.9% to S$9.71 Friday, outpacing the Singapore market’s 0.8% drop amid a tech-led selloff. The company signed a deal with Shield AI at the Singapore Airshow to integrate autonomy software into its unmanned platforms and unveiled a small drone capable of carrying explosives. About 6.9 million shares traded as investors await full-year results on Feb. 27.
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