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Merck (MRK) Stock Today: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open

Merck (MRK) Stock Today: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Should Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 11:52 a.m. ET — Market Closed Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) heads into the final trading days of 2025 with shares hovering near fresh highs after a late-December climb that has put the pharmaceutical giant back in the spotlight for both defensive investors and catalyst-driven traders. With U.S. stock markets closed for the weekend,…
28 December 2025
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Procter & Gamble Stock (NYSE: PG) Update: What Investors Need to Know Before Monday’s Open as Year-End Trading Thins

Procter & Gamble Stock (NYSE: PG) Update: What Investors Need to Know Before Monday’s Open as Year-End Trading Thins

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 11:52 a.m. ET — Market closed Procter & Gamble Company (The) (NYSE: PG) heads into the final full week of 2025 with U.S. stock markets shut for the weekend and liquidity still running thin after the Christmas holiday. PG shares last settled at $144.74, modestly higher on the day, and were little changed in the…
28 December 2025
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PepsiCo Stock (NASDAQ: PEP) Near $144 as Markets Close for the Weekend: Fresh Headlines, Analyst Forecasts, Dividend Watch, and What to Know Before Monday

PepsiCo Stock (NASDAQ: PEP) Near $144 as Markets Close for the Weekend: Fresh Headlines, Analyst Forecasts, Dividend Watch, and What to Know Before Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 11:51 a.m. ET — Market closed PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) stock is off the tape today with U.S. equities closed for the weekend, leaving investors to digest a quiet stretch of company-specific headlines and a bigger, ongoing narrative: PepsiCo’s 2026 turnaround blueprint and the execution milestones that could reset sentiment into the new year. Shares…
28 December 2025
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SuperValu, Centra and Lidl cut own-brand butter prices in Ireland by up to 15%: new prices, savings and what it means for shoppers

SuperValu, Centra and Lidl cut own-brand butter prices in Ireland by up to 15%: new prices, savings and what it means for shoppers

Irish shoppers will pay less for own-brand butter from today after Musgrave — the parent company of SuperValu and Centra — announced price cuts of up to 15% across its own-brand Irish creamery butter range, with Lidl confirming matching reductions on key own-label lines. Thejournal The move lands at a time when many households are still grappling with higher grocery…
28 December 2025
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Basic Materials Stocks Today: Metals Rally, China Policy Signals, and Fed-Cut Bets Shape the Week Ahead

Basic Materials Stocks Today: Metals Rally, China Policy Signals, and Fed-Cut Bets Shape the Week Ahead

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:26 p.m. ET — Market closed (U.S. equities; weekend) Basic materials stocks are heading into the final trading stretch of 2025 with a powerful set of cross-currents: record-setting precious metals prices, fresh China policy headlines that matter for global demand (and supply risk), and a U.S. market backdrop defined by light year-end liquidity and an…
28 December 2025
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Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:34 p.m. ET — Market closed Utilities stocks are heading into the final full trading week of 2025 with two narratives pulling the sector in different directions: the traditional “bond proxy” role that can rise or fall with interest-rate expectations, and a fast-evolving growth story tied to electrification and surging power demand from AI-driven data…
28 December 2025
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Real Estate Stocks Today: REITs Head Into the Final 2025 Sessions With Fed Minutes, Housing Data, and Rate-Cut Bets in the Spotlight

Real Estate Stocks Today: REITs Head Into the Final 2025 Sessions With Fed Minutes, Housing Data, and Rate-Cut Bets in the Spotlight

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:29 p.m. ET, Market closed U.S. real estate stocks—especially publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs)—are entering the last three trading days of 2025 in an unusual spot: the broader market is hovering near record territory, yet real estate has been the notable laggard heading into year-end. With Wall Street closed for the weekend and…
28 December 2025
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Energy Stocks Today: Oil Slides Into Year-End, LNG Oversupply Fears Grow, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Energy Stocks Today: Oil Slides Into Year-End, LNG Oversupply Fears Grow, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:23 p.m. ET — Market closed Energy stocks head into the final trading days of 2025 with a familiar tug-of-war: crude prices are weak and sentiment is cautious, but many large-cap energy companies still offer resilient cash returns—and the next batch of U.S. petroleum inventory data is due as soon as Monday. The immediate backdrop…
28 December 2025
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Industrials Stocks Outlook: XLI Near Highs as Year-End Rotation, Fed Minutes, and Defense Headlines Set the Tone for Monday

Industrials Stocks Outlook: XLI Near Highs as Year-End Rotation, Fed Minutes, and Defense Headlines Set the Tone for Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:22 p.m. ET — Market Closed Industrials stocks are heading into the final three trading sessions of 2025 with a rare mix of forces pulling at the sector at once: a year-end “rotation” narrative that’s shifting attention beyond mega-cap tech, a key week for rate expectations as investors brace for Federal Reserve minutes, and fresh…
28 December 2025
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Healthcare Stocks Today: Weekend Headlines, 2026 Themes, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Healthcare Stocks Today: Weekend Headlines, 2026 Themes, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:22 p.m. ET — Market closed (weekend). U.S. equity markets are shut for the weekend, but healthcare stocks are heading into Monday’s session with a fresh mix of catalysts—policy scrutiny around pharmacy practices, late-year sector rotation, and drug-development headlines—against a broader market backdrop that’s still flirting with major milestones. The S&P 500 has been within…
28 December 2025
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Financial Services Stocks: Banks, Insurers and Payments in Focus as Fed Minutes Loom and S&P 500 Nears 7,000

Financial Services Stocks: Banks, Insurers and Payments in Focus as Fed Minutes Loom and S&P 500 Nears 7,000

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m. ET — Market Closed Wall Street heads into the final full trading week of 2025 with financial services stocks back in the spotlight—helped by a broader rotation away from mega-cap tech and toward more moderately valued corners of the market, even as the S&P 500 hovers within striking distance of the 7,000 milestone.…
28 December 2025
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Technology Stocks Today: AI Leaders, Fed Minutes, and Year-End Rotation Set the Tone for Nasdaq Into Monday

Technology Stocks Today: AI Leaders, Fed Minutes, and Year-End Rotation Set the Tone for Nasdaq Into Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:10 p.m. ET — Market closed U.S. technology stocks head into the final three trading days of 2025 with a familiar tug-of-war: bullish momentum in the major indexes and AI-driven megacaps on one side, and renewed scrutiny of valuations and AI infrastructure spending on the other. With U.S. equity markets shut for the weekend, attention…
28 December 2025
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  • Corn futures rally into long weekend; CFTC and USDA data in focus
    January 18, 2026, 5:12 AM EST. Corn futures closed higher in the front months on Friday, with March up about 4 to 5 cents after early-week losses, though March still posted a 4.71% weekly drop. The CmdtyView national cash price rose 6 cents to $3.89 1/2. Markets will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and reopen Monday evening. CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) data show managed money adding 65,348 contracts to their net short position in corn futures and options to 81,774, the largest new short interest since October. USDA export sales through Jan 8 totaled 52.035 MMT, about 29% above a year ago, with 64% of the USDA forecast shipped or on order. Nearby prices: Mar 26 corn $4.24 3/4; Nearby cash price $3.87 0/1; May 26 $4.32; Jul 26 $4.38.
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