Disney News News 18 December 2025 - 2 January 2026

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 13:19 ET — Regular session Walt Disney Co shares fell 1.5% to $112.11 in early afternoon trading on Friday, sliding with broader consumer-discretionary weakness. The stock traded between $111.65 and $113.98 in the session, while the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF was down about 1.1%. The move comes in the first trading session of 2026, as investors reassess last year’s rally and look for fresh catalysts heading into January’s run of economic data and corporate updates. Disney sits at the intersection of consumer spending, streaming subscriptions and moviegoing, leaving the shares sensitive to shifts

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 19:42 ET — After-hours Disney stock fell $1.01, or 0.9%, to $113.77 in late after-hours trading on Wednesday. After-hours is the session after the 4 p.m. ET close. The move kept the focus on a federal settlement over children’s privacy rules for Disney’s YouTube video content, alongside a fresh box-office milestone for the company’s animation studio. U.S. stocks ended the final trading day of 2025 lower, and trading was light in the holiday-shortened week, Reuters reported. “I do not expect that the last few days will have so much bearing on the performance of the

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 15:30 ET — Regular session The Walt Disney Company’s shares fell on Wednesday after U.S. authorities said the entertainment group agreed to pay a $10 million civil penalty to resolve allegations tied to children’s privacy rules on YouTube. Reuters The case matters now because regulators have been sharpening their focus on how large media and digital brands handle data tied to children — a sensitive area for a company whose franchises and marketing reach deep into family viewing. Investors have also been quick to discount headlines that raise compliance risk as year-end liquidity thins. Reuters+1

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 20:23 ET — Market closed Walt Disney shares rose 0.55% on Monday to close at $114.19, after trading between $113.20 and $114.49. Volume was about 8.0 million shares, below the roughly 11.1 million average over the last 20 sessions, data showed. StockAnalysis The move matters heading into year-end because trading has been thin and price swings can be exaggerated in the final sessions of the year, while investors position for known catalysts in January. On Monday, Disney’s gain came as U.S. stocks drifted lower in quiet, holiday-shortened trading. AP News Disney also saw fresh attention

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:00 ET — Market closed Walt Disney Co shares slid 0.8% on Friday, easing to $113.56 as U.S. stocks finished little changed in thin post-Christmas trading. The move matters now because the market is in the final, low-liquidity stretch of the year, when portfolio rebalancing can amplify swings even without fresh company news. Reuters reported light trading volumes and few catalysts driving conviction in Friday’s session. For Disney investors, the late-December window also coincides with the holiday quarter, when consumer spending, theme-park demand and blockbuster releases can shape sentiment about the company’s near-term earnings power.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 2:11 p.m. ET — Market closed (weekend). The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) heads into the final stretch of the year with U.S. equity markets shut for the weekend and liquidity still thin after the Christmas holiday. Disney shares last closed Friday at $113.56, down 0.8%, after trading between $113.27 and $114.74. StockAnalysis With the NYSE and Nasdaq closed Saturday, investors are largely in “headline-watching” mode—looking for catalysts that could shape Monday’s open, as the broader market remains near record levels in what strategists often call the “Santa Claus rally” window. Reuters+1 Market backdrop: Thin

New York time check: This article is being published at 3:32 p.m. ET on Friday, December 26, 2025. Disney stock today: where DIS is trading and what the market backdrop looks like In late-afternoon trading, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is down about 1%, changing hands around $113 per share in an extremely light post-holiday session. MarketWatch+1 The broader tape helps explain the muted move: Is the stock exchange open right now? Yes. U.S. markets typically run 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, and December 26 is a regular trading day (not a market holiday). CBS News+1 With the

After a holiday-shortened week, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) heads into the Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 session with investors balancing three powerful narratives: (1) a headline-making $1 billion AI partnership with OpenAI, (2) continued focus on streaming profitability and parks strength, and (3) a market that’s increasingly judging legacy media on whether it can thrive as audiences migrate from traditional TV to streaming and short-form video. Disney shares closed at $114.48 on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 (the last full session before Christmas Day market closure), after trading between $112.80 and $114.53 that day, with roughly 4.6 million shares in