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