NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 19:01 ET — After-hours
- Bank of America shares eased about 0.5% in after-hours trading, holding near $55.
- U.S. stocks ended the final session of 2025 lower as investors weighed fresh labor-market data and shifting rate expectations.
- Investors now look to Bank of America’s Jan. 14 earnings and the Fed’s late-January policy meeting.
Bank of America shares dipped about 0.5% in after-hours trading on Wednesday, last near $55, after fluctuating between roughly $54.94 and $55.41 during the session.
The year-end move matters because markets shut for New Year’s Day, giving investors a pause to reset expectations for rates and bank earnings before trading resumes in 2026.
With the next round of big-bank results approaching, even small shifts in Treasury yields can move bank stocks because they influence lending margins and funding costs.
In regular trading, Bank of America fell 0.5% to $55.00, alongside declines in peers JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, as the broader market ended the day lower.
Wall Street’s main indexes closed down in the final session of 2025, though they finished the year solidly higher. “I do not expect that the last few days will have so much bearing on the performance of the next year,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity. Reuters
Rate-sensitive assets refocused after data showed initial jobless claims fell to 199,000 in the latest week, below economists’ expectations for about 220,000, the Labor Department said. Treasury yields moved higher, with the benchmark 10-year yield rising to about 4.163% from roughly 4.128% late Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Bond markets closed early at 2 p.m. ET for New Year’s Eve, thinning liquidity into the close and often amplifying late-day swings.
For Bank of America, attention is shifting to fourth-quarter results. The bank has said it plans to report on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.
Investors typically drill into net interest income — the spread between what a bank earns on loans and securities and what it pays on deposits — along with credit quality, expenses and any change in management’s outlook.
The next major macro waypoint is the Federal Reserve’s Jan. 27–28 meeting, with the policy statement due Jan. 28, according to the central bank’s calendar.
U.S. stock markets are closed Thursday for New Year’s Day and are scheduled to reopen Friday, Jan. 2, a timing that can concentrate positioning into the first session of the year.
Until then, traders are watching whether yields extend their late-December rise, and whether banks stabilize after a soft finish to the year as investors reposition ahead of earnings season.
