Apple Stock (AAPL) Week Ahead: Key News, Analyst Targets, and Catalysts for Dec. 22–26, 2025
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) heads into the Christmas holiday trading week with shares ending Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 at $273.67 and a market capitalization of about $4.04 trillion, keeping the iPhone maker firmly in mega-cap territory and among the market’s most influential stocks. StockAnalysis+1 But the next five sessions won’t look like a typical week on Wall Street. Trading is holiday-shortened—U.S. stock markets are scheduled to close early on Wednesday, Dec. 24 (1:00 p.m. ET) and remain closed Thursday, Dec. 25—which can compress liquidity, amplify headline-driven moves, and turn seemingly minor catalysts into outsized price swings for AAPL and the