Dow Jones Today: Dow Slips 41 Points After the Bell as Wall Street Braces for Jobs, Inflation Data and More AI “Bubble” Debate (Dec. 15, 2025)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Monday’s session little changed but slightly lower, closing down 41.43 points (-0.09%) at 48,416.62 in choppy trade as investors positioned for a data-heavy week and reassessed the durability of the AI-led rally. The S&P 500 ended down 9.95 points (-0.15%) at 6,816.34, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 135.14 points (-0.58%) to 23,060.03, underperforming again as technology and AI-linked names remained volatile. TradingView The tone was cautious rather than panicky: traders started the last full trading week of 2025 weighing two storylines at once—whether incoming economic reports will validate expectations for more rate cuts, and whether the market’s AI trade is showing early signs of