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Data Center Stocks Today: Nvidia’s Groq Deal, AI Power Bottlenecks, and What Investors Need Before Monday’s Open

Data Center Stocks Today: Nvidia’s Groq Deal, AI Power Bottlenecks, and What Investors Need Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 12:55 p.m. ET — Market closed (weekend) The U.S. stock market is closed for the weekend, but the “data center stocks” trade isn’t taking a holiday. In the final stretch of 2025, investors are still pricing a simple reality: AI growth is increasingly constrained not by software ambition, but by the physical stack—chips, servers, networking, cooling, and, most critically, electricity. Friday’s thin, post-Christmas session ended with major indexes fractionally lower but still near all-time highs, leaving markets focused on year-end positioning and the next week’s catalysts. Data center-linked names remain in the spotlight after Nvidia’s
27 December 2025
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Salesforce Stock (CRM) Weekend Watch: AI Partner Expansion Headlines as Wall Street Nears Year-End Highs

Salesforce Stock (CRM) Weekend Watch: AI Partner Expansion Headlines as Wall Street Nears Year-End Highs

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 11:27 a.m. ET — Market closed Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE: CRM) heads into the final week of 2025 with shares holding in the mid-$260s after a quiet, post-Christmas session on Wall Street and a fresh wave of partner-ecosystem headlines that keep the company’s “agentic AI” strategy front and center. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, investors are looking to Monday’s open for the next read on year-end positioning and whether the “Santa Claus rally” tailwind extends into the final trading days of the year—an environment that often brings lighter liquidity and occasional outsized moves on
27 December 2025
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Oracle Stock (ORCL) News Today: AI Buildout, Massive Lease Commitments, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Oracle Stock (ORCL) News Today: AI Buildout, Massive Lease Commitments, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 9:53 a.m. ET — Market Closed Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) heads into the weekend with investors still focused on one central question: can the enterprise software giant turn its aggressive AI-and-cloud infrastructure spending into durable, profitable growth—without stretching its balance sheet too far? With U.S. stock markets closed Saturday, Oracle stock’s next major test will come when trading resumes Monday. For now, the latest tape shows ORCL last traded around $197.99 after Friday’s session, modestly higher versus the prior close, and near the top of the day’s range. Broader equity benchmarks finished essentially flat into
27 December 2025
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Palantir (PLTR) Stock News Today: ShipOS Navy Deal, Nvidia AI Partnership, Analyst Targets—and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Palantir (PLTR) Stock News Today: ShipOS Navy Deal, Nvidia AI Partnership, Analyst Targets—and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

As of 4:20 a.m. ET in New York on Saturday, December 27, 2025, U.S. stock markets are closed for the weekend. New York Stock Exchange+1Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) was last quoted around $188.71, down about 2.8% from the prior close—an eye-catching move for a stock that’s become one of the market’s most watched AI bellwethers. That timing matters because the broader market is trying to finish 2025 with a flourish. Reuters reports the S&P 500 is within about 1% of 7,000, following a strong year in which investors have rotated between AI leaders and more moderately valued sectors, while
27 December 2025
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ASML Stock (NASDAQ: ASML) Update: What to Watch Before Markets Reopen as AI Demand, China Curbs, and High‑NA EUV Shape 2026

ASML Stock (NASDAQ: ASML) Update: What to Watch Before Markets Reopen as AI Demand, China Curbs, and High‑NA EUV Shape 2026

New York — As of 1:11 a.m. ET on Saturday, December 27, 2025, U.S. stock markets are closed for the weekend, leaving investors with a familiar end‑of‑year setup: thin liquidity, headline-driven moves, and a handful of big 2026 narratives battling for control of “what matters” in semiconductors. For ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: ASML)—the Dutch company whose lithography machines sit at the choke point of advanced chipmaking—the debate is getting sharper as 2025 ends: AI-driven demand remains strong, but geopolitics (China export limits, rare earth supply, and potential tariff costs) is increasingly dictating the cadence of orders and the confidence of
27 December 2025
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CrowdStrike (CRWD) Stock News: AI Tailwinds, AWS Wins, Insider Sales, and Analyst Forecasts as Wall Street Heads Into the Next Session

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Stock News: AI Tailwinds, AWS Wins, Insider Sales, and Analyst Forecasts as Wall Street Heads Into the Next Session

New York (ET) — As of 12:59 a.m. on Saturday, December 27, 2025, U.S. stock exchanges are closed for the weekend, meaning CrowdStrike investors are heading into the next session with fresh catalysts—but also a few “read the footnotes” developments worth understanding before the bell. NYSE CrowdStrike stock price today: where CRWD stands with markets closed CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) was last quoted around $481.19, up roughly 0.8% from the prior close, after trading between about $475 and $482 in the most recent session. For market context, Friday’s post-Christmas session (December 26) was thin and largely directionless, with major
27 December 2025
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Society Pass Incorporated Stock (NASDAQ: SOPA) Surges 58% as New Analyst Targets Spotlight NusaTrip and AI Pivot — What Investors Should Watch Next

Society Pass Incorporated Stock (NASDAQ: SOPA) Surges 58% as New Analyst Targets Spotlight NusaTrip and AI Pivot — What Investors Should Watch Next

New York (as of 12:04 a.m. ET on Saturday, December 27, 2025): U.S. markets are closed for the weekend, and the next regular session is Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET. Nasdaq Still, Society Pass Incorporated (NASDAQ: SOPA) is heading into that next open with momentum after a dramatic Friday move: SOPA last traded around $1.82, up roughly 58% on the day, after swinging between about $1.12 and $2.26. The timing matters. Friday’s action landed in a thin, post-Christmas market where the major U.S. indexes cooled slightly after a short rally. As Carson Group chief market strategist Ryan Detrick put it,
27 December 2025
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GOOG Stock Today: Alphabet Class C Holds Near $315 After Holiday Session as AI Power Deals and Antitrust Risks Shape the 2026 Outlook

GOOG Stock Today: Alphabet Class C Holds Near $315 After Holiday Session as AI Power Deals and Antitrust Risks Shape the 2026 Outlook

New York time check: It’s 5:03 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025—and the U.S. stock market has already closed for the day. Alphabet’s Class C shares (NASDAQ: GOOG) finished the post‑Christmas session near $314.96, down about 0.22% versus the prior close, with trading continuing in the after-hours. In a thin, year‑end market that barely moved at the index level, investors are weighing a familiar Alphabet mix: AI-driven capex and infrastructure buildout, cloud momentum, and regulatory/antitrust headlines—alongside a calendar that now turns quickly toward the next earnings season. GOOG price snapshot after the close As of the
27 December 2025
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Oracle Stock (ORCL) Today: Shares Hold Near $198 After Holiday Trading as Wall Street Weighs AI Spending, OpenAI Exposure, and 2026 Outlook

Oracle Stock (ORCL) Today: Shares Hold Near $198 After Holiday Trading as Wall Street Weighs AI Spending, OpenAI Exposure, and 2026 Outlook

NEW YORK — Friday, December 26, 2025 (5:00 p.m. ET). Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) finished a quiet, post‑Christmas session near $198 as investors balanced a strong year‑end backdrop for U.S. equities with renewed scrutiny of Oracle’s AI‑era spending plans and funding strategy. At roughly 5 p.m. ET, ORCL last traded around $197.99, up about 0.26% from the prior close, after moving between $196.13 and $200.29 during the day. The broader market offered few catalysts: U.S. stocks ended the session essentially flat-to-slightly lower in light volume, with the S&P 500 closing at 6,929.94 and the Nasdaq Composite at 23,593.10 as investors
27 December 2025
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Microsoft Stock (MSFT) After the Close: AI Spending Debate, Azure Momentum, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open (New York, Dec. 26, 2025)

Microsoft Stock (MSFT) After the Close: AI Spending Debate, Azure Momentum, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open (New York, Dec. 26, 2025)

As of 4:37 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025, the New York Stock Exchange’s regular session has already closed, with after-hours trading underway. New York Stock Exchange In late trading, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was around $487.71, essentially flat on the day (down about 0.04% versus the prior close), valuing the company at roughly $3.85 trillion. That quiet tape fits the broader market mood: U.S. stocks finished a light-volume, post-Christmas session nearly unchanged, with investors still watching the year-end “Santa Claus rally” window for direction heading into 2026. Reuters+1 Where MSFT Stands in Today’s Market Tape
26 December 2025
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Caterpillar Stock (CAT) Today: Year-End Trading, AI Power Demand, Tariffs, and What Investors Should Watch Next

Caterpillar Stock (CAT) Today: Year-End Trading, AI Power Demand, Tariffs, and What Investors Should Watch Next

New York — Friday, December 26, 2025 (3:51 p.m. ET): Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) shares were trading at $582.69, down about 0.18% on the session, with an intraday range of roughly $578.66 to $588.18, as the U.S. stock market headed into the final minutes of a holiday-thinned session. This late-December stretch can bring lighter liquidity, sharper closing prints, and year-end positioning—especially with investors weighing “Santa Claus rally” seasonality against headlines on tariffs, infrastructure, and the still-booming buildout of power-hungry AI data centers. MarketWatch+1 Below is what’s moving Caterpillar stock now, the most consequential recent news and catalysts, where Wall Street
26 December 2025
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Palantir (PLTR) Stock Today: Shares Slip in Thin Post‑Christmas Trading as Navy “ShipOS” Deal and AI Data‑Center Push Keep 2026 in Focus

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Today: Shares Slip in Thin Post‑Christmas Trading as Navy “ShipOS” Deal and AI Data‑Center Push Keep 2026 in Focus

NEW YORK — Dec. 26, 2025, 3:10 p.m. ET.Wall Street is doing that end‑of‑year thing where it technically trades, but with the vibe of a half-lit office. U.S. indexes have hovered near record territory in light post‑Christmas volume, with investors watching interest-rate expectations and positioning into the final trading days of 2025. Investing.com+2AP News+2 In that backdrop, Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) is seeing a familiar cocktail of profit‑taking, headline‑driven swings, and valuation debate—even as the company continues to stack up defense-adjacent wins and AI‑infrastructure partnerships. Palantir stock price right now As of the latest available quote during today’s session,
26 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Alphabet stock drops for a fourth straight day as AI spending jitters linger

Alphabet stock drops for a fourth straight day as AI spending jitters linger

7 February 2026
Alphabet shares fell 2.53% to $322.86 Friday, marking a fourth straight decline as investors questioned heavy AI-related spending. The Nasdaq slipped Thursday after Alphabet detailed up to $185 billion in capex, while the Dow and S&P 500 rose Friday on chipmaker gains. U.S. markets reopen Monday, with attention on Alphabet’s outlook and upcoming jobs and inflation data.
BBAI stock jumps 16% into BigBear.ai share-vote week — what to watch next

BBAI stock jumps 16% into BigBear.ai share-vote week — what to watch next

7 February 2026
BigBear.ai Holdings shares surged 15.7% Friday to $4.72 ahead of a key shareholder vote on doubling authorized shares to 1 billion. Options trading was heavy, with a put/call ratio of 0.19. The company recently announced deals in AI customs technology and a partnership with Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group. The special meeting is set for Feb. 18, with online voting open until late Feb. 17.
American Airlines stock jumps nearly 8% as airlines rally — what to watch next week

American Airlines stock jumps nearly 8% as airlines rally — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
American Airlines shares jumped 7.6% to $15.24 Friday, rebounding with a broad rally that sent the Dow past 50,000 for the first time. Investors are watching the carrier’s battle with United at Chicago O’Hare, where a summer capacity surge could trigger a fare war. American also announced new Philadelphia–Porto service for 2027 and launched a centennial inflight menu.
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