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